Taken (2009)
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- Synopsis
- An ex-soldier (Liam Neeson) traveling through Europe embarks on a frantic quest to rescue his daughter (Maggie Grace) after the young girl is abducted by slave traders in District B13 director Pierre Morel's contemporary thriller Taken....
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- Starring
- Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen, Leland Orser, Jon Gries
- Director(s)
- Pierre Morel
- Distributor(s)
- Fox
- MPAA Rating
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 93 min.
Critic Reviews
San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalleAdd Critic to Favorites
I won't tell you Taken is great, but it's great fun.Read the full review
Washington Post | Dan KoisAdd Critic to Favorites
A satisfying thriller as grimly professional as its efficient hero.Read the full review
Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites
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
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'Lost' star Grace sets sights far ahead
10/29/09 As the kidnapped daughter Liam Neeson would stop at nothing to save, Maggie Grace considered her lead role in "Taken" a gift, even before the film became a robust box office hit that significantly upped her Hollywood profile. | Variety -
Maggie Grace joins spy thriller
08/27/09 Maggie Grace is in negotiations to join Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz in Fox's untitled Wichita project, a spy thriller directed by James Mangold. | The Hollywood Reporter -
Maggie Grace
08/04/09 Maggie Grace ("Taken") is set for the lead opposite Adrien Brody and Forest Whitaker in "The Experiment." | Variety -
RT on DVD: Taken Exclusive; Underworld 3, Trek Blu-ray Set!
05/11/09 This week on DVD, Liam Neeson (you know, the veteran Irish actor who your grandmother thinks looks nice) opens a can of whoop ass on unsuspecting kidnappers, much to our delight ( Taken ), while Michael Sheen (you know, the esteemed Welsh star of such Oscar contenders as The Queen and Frost/Nixon ) plays a medieval werewolf in love in a fantasy-action prequel ( Underworld: Rise of the Lycans ). | Rotten Tomatoes





