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Taken (2008)
Directed by Pierre Morel
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Overview
While vacationing with a friend in Paris, an American girl is kidnapped by a gang of human traffickers intent on selling her into forced prostitution. Working against the clock, her ex-spy father must pull out all the stops to save her. But with his best years possibly behind him, the job may be more than he can handle.
Rated PG-13 | Length 94 minutes
Actors
Liam Neeson | Maggie Grace | Leland Orser | Famke Janssen | Jon Gries | David Warshofsky | Holly Valance | Katie Cassidy | Xander Berkeley | Olivier Rabourdin | Gérard Watkins | Marc Amyot | Arben Bajraktaraj | Radivoje Bukvić | Mathieu Busson | Michel Flash | Nicolas Giraud | Rubens Hyka | Camille Japy | Valentin Kalaj | Fani Kolarova | Goran Kostić | Christophe Kourotchkine | Edwin Krüger | Jalil Naciri | Anca Radici | Nathan Rippy | Héléna Soubeyrand | Tommy Spahija | Anatole Taubman | Bertrand Treuil | Opender Singh | Christy Reese | George Hertzberg | Nabil Massad | Ivette González
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/25/2012 | TV | Streaming | Video on Demand | 5 stars |
| (Average) 5 stars |
Viewing Notes
Any time Luc Besson takes on a project, I am there. He didn’t direct TAKEN, but damn if his style doesn’t shine through and mix into a nice cocktail with Pierre Morel’s direction.
The action is brutal, yet choregraphed beautifully, bringing you in close enough to be brutal, yet far enough away to not be TRANSFORMERS 2: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN’s extreme close-up, unintelligble fights. And the story is succint and with purpose: a single-minded revenge caused by a horror that most people can empathize with.
TAKEN is one of the best action films of any era.
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