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Name: Taken
Director: Pierre Morel
Genre: action, thriller
Released: 2008
Duration: 1 h 34 min
Rating: 7.7

Taken has an iRankMovies score of 66.9/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Taken (2008)

They took his daughter. He'll take their lives.

Release:2008

Runtime:1h 34m

Country:France

Director:Pierre Morel

Language:English

Genre

ActionThriller

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Keywords

Rescue Paris France KidnappingProstitutionSex TraffickingAlbanianMissing DaughterEx Special Forces

iRank67

Taken rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.7/10· 669K votes

Rotten Tomatoes60%

Metacritic51%

TMDb7.4/10· 12K votes

With 60% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.7/10 on IMDb and 51/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.

About Taken

Bryan Mills, a former government operative, is trying to reconnect with his teenage daughter Kim. After reluctantly agreeing with his ex-wife to let Kim go to Paris on vacation with a friend, his worst nightmare comes true. While on the phone with his daughter shortly after she arrives in Paris, she and her friend are abducted by a gang of human traffickers. Working against the clock, Bryan relies on his extensive training and skills to track down the ruthless gang that abducted her and launch a one-man war to rescue his daughter.

Cast of Taken

Liam Neeson
as Bryan Mills
Maggie Grace
as Kim Mills
Famke Janssen
as Lenore St. John
Olivier Rabourdin
as Jean-Claude Pitrel
Katie Cassidy
as Amanda
Nicolas Giraud
as Peter
Leland Orser
as Sam Gilroy
Jon Gries
as Mark Casey
Holly Valance
as Sheerah
David Warshofsky
as Bernie Harris
Gérard Watkins
as Patrice Saint-Clair
Arben Bajraktaraj
as Marko Hoxha

Taken facts

Budget: $25M
Box office: $226.8M
Collection: Taken Collection

Our take on Taken

Pierre Morel's 2008 action thriller centers on Bryan Mills, a former government operative trying to reconnect with his teenage daughter Kim. When she and a friend are abducted by human traffickers shortly after landing in Paris, Mills leans on his training to hunt the gang and wage a one-man rescue against the clock. Lean, fast and built around a single relentless mission, it delivers exactly what its premise promises: a father whose particular skills turn every scene into pursuit or confrontation. It suits viewers who want a tight, propulsive revenge thriller with clear stakes and little downtime, rather than moral complexity or slow character study.

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