| Taken [Blu-ray] |  | Actors: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
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Rating:  7 reviews
Language: English (Unknown)
Media: Blu-ray
Region: 1
Number Of Discs: 1
ASIN: B001GCUNYO
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Liam kicks **** January 3, 2009
Fares Fayad (Liban)
Great action movie... almost as good as the Bourne series... not to mention Liam Neeson's performance.
Two thumbs way up!
Really Good Movie November 23, 2008
Steven Stewart (steveo.stewart@hotmail.co.uk)
Liam Neeson is one of those actors that although you will admire their work, Taken is a movie you could never expect them to be the lead in. It's a full blown action movie that challenges the 56 year old and his acting ability to appear cool. The film has its drawbacks, but they are all massively outweighed by the better parts of the film.
The film focuses around retired spy Bryan Mills (Neeson) whos daughter is kidnapped whilst on a trip to Paris with her close friend. He's a man who wasn't there for a lot of his daughters life due to his job, but is trying to make up for lost time with overprotective, suffocating fathering. Kim (Maggie Grace) and her friend are kidnapped by Albanian human traffickers whilst Bryan is on the phone to Kim. He tells her not to be scared and he will find her, he also tells the Albanian kidnapper who taunts Bryan on the phone. This leads into a series of events where Bryan is investigating the human traffickers in France using vigilante methods, but this is at the displeasure of the French authorities and an old friend of Bryans who simply want him out of France. He promises his ex-wife Lenore (Famke Janseen, who quite frankly creeps me out) that he will return her safe and sound, at any cost but the only drawback is he has 96 hours.
This is a really good and fast paced action movies that has some excellent chase and combat scenes. Neeson seems to hold his own well and can display some excellent ability when it comes to those action scenes (although I'm sure a stunt double was cleverly placed in those scenes). Some of the dialogue is quite cringe worthy especially when Neesons character is on the phone to the kidnapper and he tells him that he has experience and he will be coming for them. It's something very cliché and annoying in some respects but quite cool in another. The other gripe I had about it was the accent of Neeson. I'm not sure where his character was meant to hail from but it certainly wasn't American born and bred, or at least I hope not. Neeson's a good actor but he really needs to work on his American accent because it just destroys any role he's in when he's meant to be an American but his Irish accent clearly shines through.
It's a great film overall though and I would strongly recommend it to any action movie fan. He's good in this role, but I can't see him doing another role like this ever again as although he held his own, he seemed at times to be quite uncomfortable in what he was doing. The supporting cast are OK but nothing to shout about, the story is well done and seems to be quite intelligent in what it's talking about when on the subject of human trafficking. But what do I know, maybe this is the most inconsistent movie I've ever seen. If it is then it certainly hid it well. I just have one request to any future movie makers, please don't cast Famke Janseen, she's just weird.
Wow very underrated film! November 17, 2008
Gordong11 (New Jersey)
All I have to say is Liam sets a new standard once again. Don't miss this action-packed film. This is one of the best movies I've seen in a long time. not too long, not too short....just right.
A guy with special skills November 6, 2008
Green_goblin (brazil)
It has been a while since I watched such a good action movie.
Liam Neeson is great as the guy with "special skills" searching for his kidnapped daughter in Paris.
No nonsense political correctness, it is a good guy against a bunch of bad guys. Nothing else. There are a few holes in the plot but the overall impression is very good.
It is a guy movie. The body count is high, so is the fun.
 Violence solves everything October 12, 2008
Genevieve Hayes (Australia)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Retired CIA agent, Bryan (Liam Neeson) must call on all of his past job skills when his teenaged daughter (Maggie Grace) and her friend are kidnapped by people traffickers, while on vacation in France.
I really enjoyed "Taken". It is a really dumb film with "violence solves everything" as its central message (and the incongruously heavy themes of drugs, prostitution and slavery, but lets not dwell on those), but in spite of these things (or perhaps because of them), it was exciting, fast-moving and a really fun movie to watch. Although starting to look a bit on the old side, Neeson does a commendable job as a former spy called back into action and surprisingly he makes this piece of far-fetched fluff seem somewhat believable...somewhat.
The script of "Taken" is co-written by Luc Besson, who is among my favourite writers, and although not of the calibre of "Leon - The Professional", or even "Taxi", Besson is still a better writer than most action film writers out there and as a results, this film is well worth your time and money.
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