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Taken (2008) -- Liam Neeson describes how his character Bryan Mills, a retired covert government operative, shows how ruthless he can be to gain information leading to his kidnapped daughter.
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Overview

User Rating:
7.9/10   93,006 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Luc Besson (written by) &
Robert Mark Kamen (written by)
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Release Date:
30 January 2009 (USA) more
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Tagline:
They took his daughter. He'll take their lives. more
Plot:
A former spy relies on his old skills to save his estranged daughter, who has been forced into the slave trade. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
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Looking Back On 2009 With The MTV Movies Team
 (From MTV Movies Blog. 31 December 2009, 9:00 AM, PST)

2009: A Look Back
 (From Collider.com. 30 December 2009, 6:16 PM, PST)

User Reviews:
It doesn't get much better. more (652 total)

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Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence, disturbing thematic material, sexual content, some drug references and language.
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93 min
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The martial art style used by Liam Neeson is Nagasu Do. It's a hybrid martial art style that borrows from Judo, Aikido and Ju Jitsu. more
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Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Bryan poses as a corrupt French official and tells some Albanian crooks that they are being monitored by a satellite 200 miles overhead. As an experienced former spy, Bryan should have known to say "kilometers", not "miles". As Europeans, the crooks should have immediately recognized that no Frenchman would use "miles" to describe distance. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Singh: Mr. Mills, how are you?
Bryan: I'm fine. How are you?
Singh: Very fine. I suppose you want to see it again?
Bryan: You should know why I'm here.
Singh: You know where it is.
Bryan: Oh yeah.
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Tick, tick, boom more

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84 out of 117 people found the following review useful.
It doesn't get much better., 9 January 2009
9/10
Author: StevinTasker from Author of Freedom's Run

A no nonsense, kick the crap out of everyone who gets in your way action movie. Liam Neeson's character is the angry love child of Bourne,Bond and all the other pretenders put together. If I was asked to cast the movie I guess he wouldn't have been my first choice but having seen it I can't think of anyone else I'd rather have in the role. The fight choreography is bone crunchingly good. This is one kick ass flick and one I will definitely buy on DVD. There's little doubt who the bad guys are and they get a very satisfactory smack in the mouth - when they aren't being shot or electrocuted. This was made by people who like the genre and know how to get an action movie from A to Z. I can't help but giggle at those reviews that mention plot and probability in this kind of movie. What kind of movie did they think they were going to see?

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