Taken Release
Date: January 30, 2009 Studio: 20th Century Fox Director: Pierre Morel Screenwriter: Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen Starring: Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen, Maggie Grace, Katie Cassidy, Goran
Kostic Genre: Action, Thriller MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for intense sequences of violence, disturbing
thematic material, sexual content, some drug references and language) Official Website:
Takenmovie.com
Plot Summary: Liam Neeson stars in this action-packed international
thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat from start to finish. When
his estranged daughter is kidnapped in Paris, a former spy (Neeson) sets out to
find her at any cost. Relying on his special skills, he tracks down the ruthless
gang that abducted her and launches a one-man war to bring them to justice and
rescue his daughter
Two teenagers on the
loose in Paris have the temptations of sex, at least for Kim’s friend,
while Kim is more skeptical when they meet a stranger who has invited
them to a party. Kim’s common sense is better thinking when the stranger
turns out to be the pawn of con-men...more
Taken
is a crude but effective thriller that builds tension while cooking up a
full head of righteous indig Robert W Butler: Kansas City Star
Movie bad guys never seem to learn. They’re always
kidnapping family members of former spies who then come out of
retirement to track down and kill the miscreants...more
Mostly
it's a grim, violent and predictable tale of a young girl in
unthinkable distress Moira MacDonald: Seattle Times
Liam Neeson, I have to say, wouldn't have ranked high on my
list of badass dudes: He's a real actor, capable of the kind
of nuance that action movies don't usually require, and he's
not, shall we say, in the first blush of his youth...more
Actor Liam Neeson talks to Irish
cinema site
http://www.Movies.ie in this video hosted by
Paul Byrne. Here Liam talks about his new movies
Taken, Lincoln and Five Minutes of Heaven. Here,
Neeson chats about his first proper action movie,
Portraying President Lincon in Stephen Spielberg's
Lincoln and returning home to Belfast for his next
film Five Minutes of Heaven
EN 5 Second Review:
A surprisingly good action flick from an actor we never
would have believed it from had we not seen it.
Mostly
it's a grim, violent and predictable tale of a young girl in
unthinkable distress