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Taken (2008)

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Reviews Counted:159

Fresh:91

Rotten:68

Average Rating:5.7/10

Consensus: Taken is undeniably fun with slick action, but is largely a brainless exercise.

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Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for intense sequences of violence, disturbing thematic material, sexual content, some drug references and language

Runtime: 1 hr. 31 min.

Genre: Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense

Theatrical Release: Jan 30, 2009 Wide

Box Office: $144.9M

Synopsis: A former spy (Neeson) relies on his old skills to save his estranged daughter (Grace), who has been forced into the slave trade. A former spy (Neeson) relies on his old skills to save his estranged daughter (Grace), who has been forced into the slave trade. [More]

Starring: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen, Leland Orser

Starring: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen, Leland Orser, Jon Gries, David Warshofsky, Holly Valance, Katie Cassidy, Xander Berkeley, Olivier Rabourdin, Gerard Watkins, Arben Bajraktaraj, Nathan Rippy, Camille Japy, Nicolas Giraud, Goran Kostic, Mathieu Busson, Marc Amyot, Michel Flash, Rasha Bukvic, Rubens Hyka

Director: Pierre Morel

Director: Pierre Morel
Screenwriter: Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen
Producer: India Osborne, Luc Besson, Pierre-Ange Le Pogam
Distributor: 20th Century Fox

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Taken is a fast-paced, high-octane action movie that ... doesn't take very many detours into soul-searching melancholy.

Full Review Source: Washington Times | comment Comment
Aug 30, 2009
Sonny Bunch
Sonny Bunch
Washington Times

I liked it, but don't expect the unexpected in this French action thriller -- especially in an ending that is about as predictable as a Pine Sol commercial.

Full Review Source: BET.com | comment Comment
Jun 10, 2009
Clay Cane
Clay Cane
BET.com

It's got all the attributes of a guilty pleasure - excitement, some undeniably enjoyable scenes and the absence of what it needs to be more memorable and more substantial.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
Jun 1, 2009
Brian Webster
Brian Webster
Apollo Guide

This heart-stopping revenge flick written by Luc Besson is easily Liam Neeson's most memorable performance since his Oscar-nominated outing in Schindler's List.

Full Review Source: NewsBlaze | comment Comment
May 12, 2009
Kam Williams
Kam Williams
NewsBlaze

The action is engaging but rarely exciting; the drama heftier but still far from convincing.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment 4 Comments
May 11, 2009
Chris Cabin
Chris Cabin
Filmcritic.com

In a lesser actor's hands, the powerful impact of the subject matter would not have been so ably delivered.

Full Review Source: MovieWeb | comment 1 Comment
Apr 2, 2009
Julian Roman
Julian Roman
MovieWeb

The script is more hard-hitting and realistic than [Besson's] Transporter films, which means youll only laugh out loud two or three times.

Full Review Source: Salt Lake Tribune | comment Comment
Mar 23, 2009
Sean Means
Sean Means
Salt Lake Tribune

Taken is the best action thriller of 2009 thus far.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Spectrum | comment 1 Comment
Mar 22, 2009
Jolene Mendez
Jolene Mendez
Entertainment Spectrum

This briskly paced movie delivers a full payload of action and leaves you mentally exhausted. You immediately recall the famous line from "The Wizard of Oz" that "There is no place like home."

Full Review Source: Entertainment Spectrum | comment Comment
Mar 20, 2009
Keith Cohen
Keith Cohen
Entertainment Spectrum

A morally specious but undeniably efficient brainstem-tickler -- the most effective action/revenge thriller in years.

Full Review Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) | comment Comment
Mar 6, 2009
John Beifuss
John Beifuss
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

Neeson delivers a typically compelling performance in (for him) an atypically muscle-bound role.

Full Review Source: Creative Loafing | comment Comment
Mar 3, 2009
Matt Brunson
Matt Brunson
Creative Loafing

Fortunately, somewhat-sloppy storytelling never gets in the way of this briskly paced action adventure.

Full Review Source: Sean the Movie Guy | comment Comment
Mar 1, 2009
Sean McBride
Sean McBride
Sean the Movie Guy

A bizarre mix of sentimentality and bone-cracking violence, this Hardcore/Not Without My Daughter hybrid pits a determined father against the thuggish Albanian sex traffickers who kidnapped daddy's little girl as she vacationed in Paris.<

Full Review Source: Miss FlickChick | comment 2 Comments
Mar 1, 2009
Maitland McDonagh
Maitland McDonagh
Miss FlickChick

This is a Neeson driven story and he doesn't disappoint for anyone who likes him or a good adventure/thriller.

Full Review Source: ReviewExpress.com | comment Comment
Feb 27, 2009
Diana Saenger
Diana Saenger
ReviewExpress.com

Was Liam Neeson looking for a script with lousier dialogue than "The Phantom Menace"?

Full Review | comment 5 Comments
Feb 21, 2009
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

Neeson is a major reason Taken, a riveting, revenge thriller gets praiseworthy marks.

Full Review Source: Spectrum (St. George, Utah) | comment Comment
Feb 19, 2009
Bruce Bennett
Bruce Bennett
Spectrum (St. George, Utah)

This is not a movie about moral dilemmas-it's about a father who will rip out your eyeballs if you don't give him his daughter back.

Full Review Source: Kinetofilm | comment Comment
Feb 19, 2009
Brian Holcomb
Brian Holcomb
Kinetofilm

Single-minded and suitably rough around the edges.

Full Review Source: Lessons of Darkness | comment Comment
Feb 17, 2009
Nick Schager
Nick Schager
Lessons of Darkness

Taken feels like an '80s action movie ... albeit a good one with a hero who fights with the ferocity of a dozen men.

Full Review Source: What Would Toto Watch? | comment Comment
Feb 16, 2009
Christian Toto
Christian Toto
What Would Toto Watch?

Though plagued with the dumbest villains ever to grace the screen, Neeson shines...

Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
Feb 15, 2009
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed
 
 
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