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Liam Neeson Elevates Above-Average Action Movie ‘Taken’

30 January 2009 5:25 AM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – Bringing the same screen presence and gravity that he has to more serious roles like those in “Schindler’s List” and “Kinsey,” Liam Neeson turns the relatively generic “Taken” into an above-average action movie that should prove a surprising alternative for movie goers looking for a break from Super Bowl coverage this weekend.

Rating: 4.0/5.0 The great Neeson plays Bryan Mills, a retired “preventer,” essentially Jack Bauer ten or fifteen years down the road. He’s put his violent days behind him but not forgotten the skills that made him one of the most efficient experts in his very specialized field. In the opening act of “Taken,” Mills is hanging out with friends and taking odd jobs like providing back-stage security for the latest pop starlet.

Read Brian Tallerico’s full review of “Taken” in our reviews section. Bryan has grown a bit distant from his daughter Kim (Maggie Grace »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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Slideshow: 8-Image Gallery For ‘Taken’ With Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace

21 January 2009 7:56 AM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – This 8-image slideshow contains a selection of official press images from Twentieth Century Fox’s “Taken,” which opens stateside on Friday, January 30th, 2009.

“Taken” stars Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Leland Orser, Jon Gries, David Warshofsky, Katie Cassidy, Holly Valance, and Famke Janssen. The film was written by Robert Mark Kamen and Luc Besson and directed by Pierre Morel. It opens on Jan. 30, 2009.

Synopsis: “I don’t know you who you are. I don’t know what you want. If you’re looking for a ransom, I can tell you, I don’t have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills acquired over a very long career in the shadows, skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my daughter go now, that will be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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