A retired CIA agent travels across Europe and relies on his old skills to save his estranged daughter, who was kidnapped on a trip to Paris to be sold into prostitution.
Seventeen year-old Kim is the pride and joy of her father Bryan Mills. Bryan is a retired agent who left the Central Intelligence Agency to be near Kim in California. Kim lives with her mother Lenore and her wealthy stepfather Stuart. Kim manages to convince her reluctant father to allow her to travel to Paris with her friend Amanda. When the girls arrive in Paris they share a cab with a stranger named Peter, and Amanda lets it slip that they are alone in Paris. Using this information an Albanian gang of human traffickers kidnaps the girls. Kim barely has time to call her father and give him information. Her father gets to speak briefly to one of the kidnappers and he promises to kill the kidnappers if they do not let his daughter go free. The kidnapper wishes him "good luck," so Bryan Mills travels to Paris to search for his daughter and her friend.
Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence, disturbing thematic material, sexual content, some drug references and language (cut version)See all certifications »
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.
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Goofs
Continuity:
When Bryan takes a picture of Kim and Amanda at the airport, Amanda's smile shows her teeth. Later, when Bryan looks at a copy of the picture, Amanda's mouth is closed, and her lips are pursed.
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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:
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