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DISTRICT B13 director Pierre Morel calls the shots for this action-driven thriller. Liam Neeson (KINSEY, MICHAEL COLLINS) stars as a father who takes justice into his own hands when his daughter (Maggie Grace, THE FOG) is kidnapped. TAKEN also stars Famke Janssen (GOLDENEYE, LORD OF ILLUSIONS).Product Identifiers
ProducerIndia Osborne, Pierre-Ange Le Pogam, Luc Besson
EAN5039036040396
eBay Product ID (ePID)69777974
Product Key Features
ActorMarc Amyot, Nicolas Giraud, Jon Gries, Olivier Rabourdin, Camille Japy, Liam Neeson, Xander Berkeley, David Warshofsky, Gerard Watkins, Rasha Bukvic, Goran Kostic, Katie Cassidy, Holly Valance, Rubens Hyka, Michel Flash, Arben Bajraktaraj, Mathieu Busson, Leland Orser, Maggie Grace, Nathan Rippy, Famke Janssen
Film/TV TitleTaken
DirectorPierre Morel
LanguageEnglish
Subtitle LanguageEnglish
Run Time89 Mins
Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Release Year2009
FeaturesMaking-Of\Production Featurettes, Widescreen, With Subtitles
GenreThriller, General
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Certificate18
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
ComposerNathaniel Mechaly
Production DesignerHugues Tissandier
Additional InformationLiam Neeson is an unstoppable force in this adrenaline-fuelled thriller from director Pierre Morel. Bryan (Neeson) has taken early retirement from the CIA in order to live closer to his teenage daughter, Kim (Maggie Grace). Bryan's government work kept him away from Kim for much of her childhood, and he's now trying to make up for lost time. When Kim announces that she's taking a trip to Paris with her friend Amanda (Katie Cassidy), Bryan is apprehensive about her travelling on her own. His worst fear is soon realized, as Kim and Amanda are abducted upon their arrival in France. Bryan immediately springs into action, using his well-honed CIA skills to piece together clues from a single, frantic phone call he received from Kim. He hops a plane to Paris, determined to rescue his daughter before she falls off the grid completely. With some help from his old CIA buddies, he tracks down the kidnappers--an Albanian crime ring known for selling young girls into the sex trade. He quickly takes matters into his own hands, plowing his way through Paris's underworld as the clock ticks down and the bullets fly. His search propels him into the upper echelons of a massive crime ring, putting him closer and closer to his beloved daughter.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Neeson is known for tackling extremely cerebral roles, so it is interesting to see him in full-on action-hero mode. In TAKEN he is no less than a crime-fighting machine--a Bourne/Bond hybrid with a deathly serious baritone. And while he spends most of the film firing Uzis and snapping necks, he still manages to deliver a moving performance as an estranged father fighting for what he loves most in the world. The film undeniably owes a lot to Neeson's acting chops. He manages to raise this rather thinly plotted, deeply violent film a bar above your typical action fare.
ReviewsThe Observer - Moves at the speed of a high velocity bullet, Variety - Widescreen package is technically slick at all levels, and ditto the action choreography..., Time Out London - Pierre MorelÆs directing style is ruthlessly efficient
ScreenwriterLuc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen
Art DirectorNanci B. Roberts
Costume DesignerOlivier Beriot, Corinne Bruand
Sound sourceDolby Digital
EditorFrederic Thoraval
Movie/TV TitleTaken
Director of PhotographyMichel Abramowicz
Consumer AdviceContains strong violence and extended scene of torture