Ameriatch One of the best films i have seen

Helloturia I have absolutely never seen anything like this movie before. You have to see this movie.

Allison Davies The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

cricketbat Even though it's fairly predictable film with a long string of coincidences, Taken is a refreshing vengeance movie. Every now and then it's fun to see the good guy pummel the bad guys and come out completely unscathed. So turn off your brain and enjoy seeing Liam Neeson play Jack Bauer.

The Hateful Citizen A father who is on the phone with his daughter when she gets kidnapped? Why not ? But when the father is a former agent of the American secret services played by a Liam Neeson without pity, close to everything to find his daughter, it becomes interesting! Throughout the film, we focus on Bryan during his fight against Albanian pimps, adhere to his fight, his unorthodox methods, even if he puts all Paris to sack. We are with him in his fight and we follow him in scenes of actions well done, not too disproportionate, just what it takes. One of the reproaches I would make to this film is that it is a little too short for my taste, I would probably have liked a few tens of minutes more. This film deserves a 8/10! I was taken by the action!

Leofwine_draca Written by Luc Besson, who's responsible for just about every decent French action flick in the last decade, and directed by Pierre Morel who also directed DISTRICT 13, there was no real chance that TAKEN wouldn't be a decent thriller. It's a lean, mean movie, pared down to the essential elements and while it would be wrong to go in thinking of this as an epic, it's very good for what it is. TAKEN is essentially a revenge film that never shies or veers away from the main narrative thrust, which is that Liam Neeson must find his kidnapped daughter before she's sold by sex traffickers.The film is heavily influenced in both direction and style by the BOURNE movies, which is no bad thing as those films are among my favourites. There's a focus on realism throughout as well as a gritty edge that sees Neeson taking no prisoners in his search for his missing girl. Neeson's not everybody's first choice as an action hero but he's actually pretty good in the role – never for one moment do you not believe that he's capable of what he performs here. He's one of the screen's hardest good guys as of late.I guess you might say the simple story is pretty predictable, but the story is never the strong point in these films anyway. Criticism has been levelled against this movie, claims of racism, of it being another variant of the old "America's good, foreigners are bad" xenophobia, but these critics are looking too hard. TAKEN wants to be a straightforward action flick, with plenty of thrills and spills, and it achieves its aims admirably. 2008 has been a pretty decent year for action flicks and this comes second to only RAMBO in terms of tension, suspense, and excitement.The action scenes are well-handled in an over-edited way, similar to the ones you'll find in Bourne and Bond these days. Neeson battles an absolute ton of bad guys in set pieces that happen so quickly they're blink-and-you'll-miss-em. There are the requisite car chases, shoot-outs, and martial arts battles, as well as explosions and torture. It may not be art, and it may not be original, but I loved it anyway.The movie actually gets better and better as it progresses; time is taken out to get to know the characters before plunging them into darkness and then the tension continues to ratchet up every few minutes until it's at breaking point. Kudos to the filmmakers for not shying away from the violence, which is strong throughout, although the film never dwells on it. A vein of black humour also helps immensely in this slick-but-rough action gem.

Parker Lewis Wow, what a visceral feeling this movie provoked. There was a sense of foreboding when Kim Mills and her friend decided to head off to France, and you know her father Bryan (Liam Neeson rebooted big time) would be getting on the next plane to Paris to sort things out and find Kim.Sure, the movie was violent, but it had a meaning and you knew the bad guys deserved it big time, and Bryan deals it out in spades without any moral reservations. I read that when Liam signed on for this role, he thought it would be a straight to video/DVD release, but he took it on to spend time in Paris and brush up on his mixed martial arts. He does not disappoint, and the box office numbers did not disappoint.Holly Valance plays a key role in the intro and conclusion, and it's good she's doing well in her career. I don't think Holly is related to the late and great Jack Valance.