Taken

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Taken

PG-13

Released Jan 30, 2009

1h 31m

Action

Mystery & Thriller

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Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson), a former government operative, is trying to reconnect with his daughter, Kim (Maggie Grace). Then his worst fears become real when sex slavers abduct Kim and her friend shortly after they arrive in Paris for vacation. With just four days until Kim will be auctioned off, Bryan must call on every skill he learned in black ops to rescue her.

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Critics Consensus

Taken is undeniably fun with slick action, but is largely a brainless exercise.

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Deborah Ross

The Spectator

Doting dads are doting dads, I guess, and there is just no stopping him, which is a shame, as what follows is a big sorry mess of the most clichéed, improbable and xenophobic kind.

Aug 23, 2018

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Candice Frederick

Reel Talk Online

The movie was awesome and definitely a must see.

Rated: B

Sep 12, 2017

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Ben Kenigsberg

Time Out

Rated: 3/5

Nov 17, 2011

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

[Neeson's] presence deepens the role compared to your standard invincible action hero, delivering a character we want to see succeed.

Rated: 3/4

Dec 15, 2023

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Sean Chandler

Sean Chandler Talks About

A perfectly effective escapist fantasy for dads. It may stick to the formula, but with Liam Neeson in the lead it absolutely delivers what the target audience desires.

Oct 13, 2023

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Sean Collier

Box Office Prophets

He shows up, he punches, he succeeds, he goes home. It works.

Rated: 7/10

Jan 25, 2021

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Shea G

Fantastic movie, great pacing, amazing plot and action, very captivating movie.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/27/24

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William B

It passed the time but it's not great

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

10/11/24

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Daniela P

The super father with dysfunctional family saved his daughter and went home. Nice punching. 1. How hard could have been for the scenario to let us know that the only girl he saved besides his daughter was okay before the ending? 2. How hard would have been for the scenario writer to add an ambulance call for the young girls at the construction place and the red house? 3.How hard is to understand that saving 1 girl wasn’t enough!!! Not crushing the cartel wasn’t enough! Not saving the rest wasn’t enough. 4. The daughter was running funny like 5 y o btw In a nutshell, not satisfying story, LN made the most of it.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/15/24

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Calvin O

This movie is good, a kidnapped girl is found by is father, and the kidnappers must pay for kidnapping the wrong guys daughter 👍

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

09/13/24

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Faiz D

Liam Neeson is a complete bad ass in this amazing action film.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

08/29/24

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G M

A film this "trivial" is really hard to find. Everything goes exactly as it should from the first minute to the last. No surprises, no plot twists, no "deviation" from a flat linearity that makes it a B-movie in every respect. It's a sort of "school homework" executed fairly well but too "by the book," schematic, therefore predictable, and consequently boring.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

07/13/24

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Pierre Morel

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Kim

Famke Janssen

Lenore

Leland Orser

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Jon Gries

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Synopsis

Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson), a former government operative, is trying to reconnect with his daughter, Kim (Maggie Grace). Then his worst fears become real when sex slavers abduct Kim and her friend shortly after they arrive in Paris for vacation. With just four days until Kim will be auctioned off, Bryan must call on every skill he learned in black ops to rescue her.

Director: Pierre Morel
Producer: Luc Besson
Screenwriter: Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: All Pictures Media, Grive Productions, EuropaCorp, Twentieth Century Fox, M6 Films Production, Seaside Film Taken
Rating: PG-13 (Intense Sequences of Violence|Disturbing Thematic Material|Language|Sexual Content|Some Drug References)
Genre: Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 30, 2009, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 17, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $145.0M
Runtime: 1h 31m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital, DTS

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