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Taken (I) (2008) 7.9
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7.9/10 from 306,783 users
Metascore: 50/100
Reviews: 888 user | 286 critic | 31 from Metacritic.com A retired CIA agent travels across Europe and relies on his old skills to save his estranged daughter, who has been kidnapped while on a trip to Paris. Director:Pierre Morel |
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Cast
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| Liam Neeson | ... | ||
| Maggie Grace | ... | ||
| Leland Orser | ... | ||
| Jon Gries | ... | ||
| David Warshofsky | ... | ||
| Holly Valance | ... | ||
| Katie Cassidy | ... | ||
| Xander Berkeley | ... | ||
| Olivier Rabourdin | ... | ||
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Gérard Watkins | ... | |
| Famke Janssen | ... | ||
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Marc Amyot | ... | |
| Arben Bajraktaraj | ... | ||
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Mathieu Busson | ... | |
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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
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Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence, disturbing thematic material, sexual content, some drug references and language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Release Date:
30 January 2009 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$25,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$24,717,037 (USA) (30 January 2009)Gross:
$145,000,989 (USA) (3 July 2009)Company Credits
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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: If you don't mind.
Singh: You know where it is.
Bryan: Oh yeah.
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In the film, Katie Cassidy's character (Amanda) is 19 years old and Maggie Grace's character (Kim) is 17 years old. In real life, Maggie is 3 years older than Katie. See more »Goofs
When Peter jumps off the elevated road to escape Bryan, the semi-truck trailer Peter lands on clearly has a padded roof. See 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: If you don't mind.
Singh: You know where it is.
Bryan: Oh yeah.
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Just watched this film and have to say, very good in the scheme of things. The film is quite slow at the beginning as others have said, however it quickly gathers pace. The way the script introduces you to the characters is excellent and its only when you see Liam Neeson tackling a crazed fan that you think he is an excellent choice in the lead role, in fact he carries it off very well. I wasn't too sure on Holly Valance as the pop singer, but as the number of scenes she is in are fairly minimal its OK. Action sequences are very well shot and you can tell Luc Besson had his hand in this. To this end, the overall film has an excellent pace which keeps you very well entertained. It has the same sort of storyline as Man on Fire so if you liked that film, then you will definitely like this. I would say its probably slightly better with the direction and cinematography being just a bit classier. Overall I thoroughly enjoyed it and would recommend you seeing this. 7/8 out of 10