Taken (2009) Critic Reviews

I won't tell you Taken is great, but it's great fun.Read the full review

A satisfying thriller as grimly professional as its efficient hero.Read the full review

Taken shows Mills as a one-man rescue squad, a master of every skill, a laser-eyed, sharpshooting, pursuit-driving, pocket-picking, impersonating, knife-fighting, torturing, karate-fighting killing machine who can cleverly turn over a petrol tank with one pass in his car and strategically ignite it with another.Read the full review

Taken does have a few things going for it. At the top of that short list is Liam Neeson in the starring role.Read the full review

If there are any "24" fans who have wondered what the TV series might be like if Liam Neeson replaced Kiefer Sutherland, Taken provides an opportunity to have that question answered.Read the full review

Neeson growls his way through the functional dialogue as an unstoppable killing machine in impressive, cold-eyed style.Read the full review

A brisk and violent action programmer that can't help being unintentionally silly at times.Read the full review

Propulsively outandish thriller.Read the full review

Might do good business at home and abroad among audiences unconcerned with the finer points of characterization or psychological insight.Read the full review