Director: Pierre Morel
Year: 2008
Stars: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen
In an attempt to break free from the romantic-comedy cycle I seem to be on at the moment, I figured an action/ crime drama might be a good choice. So Taken it was.
Taken is a pretty good example of the type of movie it is. It has an interesting (if entirely implausible) plot, and the lead man (Bryan Mills, played by Neeson) is truly kick-ass. You know he's going to win, but you still want him to. He's got some properly evil guys to fight so it's OK to kill them all.
Taken follows Mills as he tries to track down the Albanian human traffickers who have kidnapped his daughter, and get his daughter back. Mills is an ex-CIA agent, meaning that he's so kick-ass he can take on rooms full of the bad guys, even when they all come at him at the same time. Like I said, implausible. But still a fun watch, as long as you're happy with car/ boat chases, scraps and gun fights.
Rating: 3 out of 5
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