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Overview
Seventeen year-old Kim is the pride and joy of her father Bryan Mills. Bryan is a retired agent who left the Central Intelligence Agency to be near Kim in California. Kim lives with her mother Lenore and her wealthy stepfather Stuart. Kim manages to convince her reluctant father to allow her to travel to Paris with her friend Amanda. When the girls...
Director / Creator
Pierre Morel
Writers
Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen
Top Cast
About Taken (2008)
Filmoverview · cast · reception · where to watch
Overview
Taken (2008) is a Action, Crime, and Thriller film from France and United Kingdom. the film was directed by Pierre Morel from a screenplay by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen. It runs 1 hour and 30 minutes and was produced primarily in English and French.
What it's about
Seventeen year-old Kim is the pride and joy of her father Bryan Mills. Bryan is a retired agent who left the Central Intelligence Agency to be near Kim in California. Kim lives with her mother Lenore and her wealthy stepfather Stuart. Kim manages to convince her reluctant father to allow her to travel to Paris with her friend Amanda. When the girls arrive in Paris they share a cab with a stranger named Peter, and Amanda lets it slip that they are alone in Paris. Using this information an Albanian gang of human traffickers kidnaps the girls. Kim barely has time to call her father and give him information. Her father gets to speak briefly to one of the kidnappers and he promises to kill the kidnappers if they do not let his daughter go free. The kidnapper wishes him "good luck," so Bryan Mills travels to Paris to search for his daughter and her friend.
Cast and crew
The film stars Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, and Famke Janssen in supporting roles. Writing credits go to Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen, whose work establishes the story structure and dialogue throughout.
Critical reception
On IMDb, Taken holds a rating of 7.7/10 based on 661,427 user votes. Rotten Tomatoes lists a critical score of 60%. Metacritic aggregates a score of 51/100 from professional reviewers. Notable recognition: 2 wins & 2 nominations total. These numbers place Taken within the broader landscape of Action and Crime cinema from 2008, giving viewers a benchmark before deciding to watch.
Where to watch
It can also be rented or purchased digitally through YouTube, Amazon, and AppleTV. Streaming rights move between platforms regularly, so the providers shown above reflect current availability based on the most recent data we have on file.
Why Taken is worth knowing
If you enjoy Action or Crime films, Taken offers a representative example of the genre's conventions and storytelling style. As a 2008 release, it sits within a specific moment in film history, making it a useful reference point for understanding how action evolved during that period. Performances from Liam Neeson and Maggie Grace are central to the work, and tracking their broader filmographies can lead to other titles you may want to add to your watchlist. Use VidScio to identify scenes, find related movies, and keep Taken on your watchlist for later.
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