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Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: Blu-ray
Brand: 20th Century
EAN: 0024543554691
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Item Dimensions: 100
Label: 20th Century Fox
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageSpanishOriginal LanguageFrenchOriginal LanguageEnglishSubtitledFrenchSubtitledSpanishSubtitledFrenchDubbedSpanishDubbed
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
MPN: FOXBR2255469
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 12, 2009
Running Time: 93 minutes
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
20th Century Taken (Blu-ray)What could be a skillful but ordinary action flick gets a surprising emotional heft from the presence of Liam Neeson as the hero. Bryan Mills (Neeson) has given up his career as a spy to form a relationship with his estranged teenage daughter--but when, on a trip to Paris, she's kidnapped by slavers, Mills uses all his connections and skills to turn the city of lights upside down and rescue her. Like most of the movies that writer/producer Luc Besson has a hand in (such as La Femme Nikita, The Transporter, Unleashed, and manyother French action movies), Taken drips with lurid violence (a bit toned-down to get a PG-13 rating, but there's still plenty of it), deranged sentimentality, and stereotypes of all kinds. But this doesn't stop his movies from being effective thrill-rides, and Taken is no exception.
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What could be a skillful but ordinary action flick gets a surprising emotional heft from the presence of Liam Neeson as the hero. Bryan Mills (Neeson) has given up his career as a spy to form a relationship with his estranged teenage daughter--but when, on a trip to Paris, she's kidnapped by slavers, Mills uses all his connections and skills to turn the city of lights upside down and rescue her. Like most of the movies that writer/producer Luc Besson has a hand in (such as La Femme Nikita, The Transporter, Unleashed, and many other French action movies), Taken drips with lurid violence (a bit toned-down to get a PG-13 rating, but there's still plenty of it), deranged sentimentality, and stereotypes of all kinds. But this doesn't stop his movies from being effective thrill-rides, and Taken is no exception. Taken pays just enough attention to the illusion of procedure--making it seem like Mills knows all the right steps to track down his daughter--that the movie cheerfully seduces your suspension of disbelief, despite many plot holes and scenes where Mills doesn't get scratched despite bullets flying in all directions or pretends to be a French policeman despite not speaking French or even adopting a French accent. What holds it all together is Neeson; his gravitas and emotional availability make his character--the usual action fantasy of impossible competence and righteous fury--somehow seem real and relatable. --Bret Fetzer
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Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
When I watched 'Taken' I was immediately reminded of the types of no-holds-barred, no-apologies action flicks that Charles Bronson starred in with Cannon during the 1980s -- films like Murphy's Law and Kinjite Forbidden Subjects. Quick runtime? Check. Heavy on action, thin on characters and plot? Check. Heavy violence? Though tamed a bit for a PG-13, yes.
But seriously, if you took this script and made this movie in 1984 with Charles Bronson it would be a Bronson classic. Neeson stars ... Read More
Rating:  -
White slavers, high speed chases, torture, explosions, dead bodies ... you just can't ask for more from gay Paree!
The plot is simple. An ex-CIA agent's airhead daughter decides to take an innocent trip to Paris and gets herself into a mess of trouble. (Dad knew all along that it was a bad idea, but do they ever listen?) True to Dad's completely reasonable and well-founded expectations, the daughter and her equally brainless girlfriend are immediately abducted by Albanian white slavers. ... Read More
Rating: -
Neeson is excellent as a government operative who is divorced and is still trying to make amends to his teenage daughter for not being there for her during many of her formative years. He is very protective for her because of his training Thus he is extremely adverse to his daughter going with a friend to Paris for a vacation.
At first he totally refuses to give her permission but is pressure by both his daughter and ex-wife to sign the permission slip. Of course the actual plans that ... Read More
Rating: -
A co-worker suggested this movie saying it was better than most were giving it credit for and I was hesitant to take his word on it, as this co-worker has suggested other movies to my hubby and me that I ended up really disliking (My Super Ex-Girlfriend for example). But I gave in and gave it a try as I do like Liam Neeson, but I wasn't expecting much in the end.
The plot was a little weak and the movie overall was a bit formulaic. I didn't care for Maggie Grace as the daughter, and felt ... Read More
Rating: -
Taken: 6 out of 10: Taken comes this close to being great. It had an admittedly rocky start with Liam Neeson is trying to reconnect with his virginal 17 year-old teenage daughter in a way that seems just on this side of creepy. (Dude get your own girlfriend... really)
Speaking of which; swarthy bad guys, who clearly have never heard of Nancy Grace, are kidnapping Rich American Girls and making them drugged out street walkers or selling them for millions to Arab Sheiks based on whether they ... Read More
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