Taken

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Apr 18, 2019 I do not understand what's so good about Taken. Yes, some of the action scenes were fun and Liam Neeson is a badass, but it doesn't really have much of a plot, or even characters for that matter. The only characters in the movie are Bryan Mills, his daughter, and several characters to move the plot forward. Not even a villain, just a bunch of random Albanian expendables. His daughter is supposed to be 17, but the actress looks like she's in her early-mid twenties. Minor complaint! Major complaint, it's derivative and even a little bit silly. Bryan Mills has a CIA contact when it's convenient for the script, like a character to tell Bryan who kidnapped his daughter, and another character in France (Jean-Claude) to tell him about a local prostitution ring. He even gives him a card which he uses later on to impersonate as Jean-Claude and the movie even sets up Jean-Claude as an antagonist. He also has 96 hours to save his daughter, but that deadline becomes irrelevant after 56 hours. Why bother with a 96 hour deadline in the first place? And why 96 hours? I don't expect every action movie to have a plot, but if it's not going to have a plot, it has to at least have kickass action scenes with impressive stunts and choreography, the kind that you see in many martial art films. Taken doesn't really have that. The editing clearly tried to work around Neeson's limitations as an action star. The only action scene I really enjoyed was the very last fight scene. Taken achieves what it sets out to do for sure. It's a straightforward, undemanding action movie and it doesn't try to be anything more. But even as a straightforward action movie, it's still pretty unremarkable. Is there a reason to watch Taken again over many better action movies? Because I can't really find that many. See more

Apr 15, 2019 Plot was simple, but at least it was unique, fun, thrilling. Every scenes of riam were just awesome and memorable.

Anakin W Mar 21, 2019 A little violent, but one of the best action films I've ever seen. Great story.

Draco S Mar 20, 2019 A retired CIA agent travels across Europe and relies on his old skills to save his estranged daughter, who has been kidnapped while on a trip to Paris. (Liam Neeson) fighting choreography sequence's were fast paced an really made this film excited. Written By: Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen is a winning combo. (Maggie Grace) did a fine job as well .The critics really misted the point of this Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense film . Entertain me and that is exactly what "Taken" does . The movie was awesome and definitely a must see. See more

Hagrid W Mar 16, 2019 Probably not good enough to have started the Revenge-Renaissance that it somehow did, but still a pretty entertaining time. Taken does hit a lot of clichà (C)s though, and I mean, it starts hitting them right away. We're literally only minutes into the film before we find out that Neeson's lead character is divorced, and his wife has re-married to a decent, rich provider, but one who's bookish and could never take him in a fight, and that the present he got for his daughter is for an interest that she no longer has. But once we get into the action proper, it's pretty great. See more

Poe M Feb 11, 2019 This movie is a classic. So much fun in this action-thriller and never gets boring. But is not only non-stop shots and fights, it has a very interesting plot. I dont know anyone who hasnt loved this film. The sequel I didn't like it too much, and the third one should not even exist. See more

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