Synopsis
While vacationing with a friend in Paris, an American girl is kidnapped by a gang of human traffickers intent on selling her into forced prostitution. Working against the clock, her ex-spy father must pull out all the stops to save her. But with his best years possibly behind him, the job may be more than he can handle.
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Cast
- Liam NeesonBryan Mills
- Maggie GraceKim Mills
- Leland OrserSam Gilroy
- Famke JanssenLenore St John
- Jon GriesMark Casey
- David WarshofskyBernie Harris
- Holly ValanceSheerah
- Katie CassidyAmanda
- Xander BerkeleyStuart St John
- Olivier RabourdinJean-Claude Pitrel
Recommendations
- 75
Chicago Tribune
There is no mythology, no irony, no real soul--just a Charles Bronson simplicity about the whole affair. - 63
ReelViews
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. - 63
Chicago Sun-Times
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. - 60
Variety
Neeson growls his way through the functional dialogue as an unstoppable killing machine in impressive, cold-eyed style. - 58
Entertainment Weekly
Propulsively outandish thriller. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
Might do good business at home and abroad among audiences unconcerned with the finer points of characterization or psychological insight. - 50
L.A. Weekly
Neeson's tormented weariness lends an air of dignity to the film's pulpy, grubby nastiness, but as striking as he is in action-hero mode, the truth is that Taken doesn't need dignity. - 42
The A.V. Club
Taken's subject matter is too serious for an escapist chop-socky movie, and the sleazy, exploitative tone undercuts the thrills.
