Rotten
It's fun for about 15 minutes seeing Neeson do James Bond as Daddy Dangerous. But the surprise wears off quickly.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Taken
They took his daughter. He'll take their lives.
2008 · 1h 34m · PG-13
Action, Thriller
Directed by
Pierre Morel
Overview
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.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
60%
Tomatometer
Rotten
You've just kidnapped the wrong teenager, Mister Foreign Slave Trader Man.
Richard Roeper, Richard Roeper.com
Rotten
Taken is the kind of exploitative junk everyone expects from no-talent French hack Luc Besson.
Rex Reed, New York Observer
Rotten
[Neeson's] performance is the most perturbing thing in the film, even more so than its electrical-torture sequence or its revelations about sex-trafficking.
Anthony Lane, New Yorker
Fresh
It's the big, dolorous Neeson who makes the movie a keeper.
David Edelstein, New York Magazine/Vulture
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