Nonureva Really Surprised!

MamaGravity good back-story, and good acting

MoPoshy Absolutely brilliant

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

Gaurav Tiwary It was not just 10 episodes, but was 10 days of my life that went in love, wonder, enthusiasm, excitement and thinking about it and its subject. Technically, it was close to perfect. Good direction, nice acting, speedy and lovable script and very nice cinematography. But not just technically, the movie also wins heavy points in everything it was. Let's start with the story first. It is about three generations of three families entangled in some secret mission of aliens and a quest to find what that mission was. They were Crawford's, Keys and Clarke's. Clarke's were associated with aliens. They were the breed of it. Keys were 'Taken' by the aliens. And, Crawford's wanted to solve the mystery. They wanted the answers. But, answers are never simple; neither is the way of finding them. Answers are not always good too. Many of the times when we get them, we regret the moment we asked the question. But, nevertheless, we ask them, because, and so was said by Allie in the movie too, questions drive us. They make us go forward, and they make us move on. But, even though these questions are so much important to us, getting the final truth not just destroy us, but also ruin many thing around us. Some answers are not possible to get, some answers cannot be comprehended. And, so, we should know when to let it go. One more thing, which is very important, is to understand that in our quest of knowing the truth, we should not forget the difference between right and wrong. Because, that's what make us different, and that is what makes us special. Movies have always been a source of knowledge to me. I have learned and have been inspired from a lot of movie. The same is the case with this Mini TV series. It made me learn things, and understand them. The best part, after its story, was the cast. It's not natural for me to love almost all the casts and characters of a movie. But, it's the case with Taken. Everyone was brilliant in their role. I especially very much liked whole of the 'Keys' family, and John, and Own Crawford, and Doctor Chet, and finally, our sweetest Allie. Dakota Fanning, who played the part of Allie, was not just cute and charming, but also brave, and real in that role. It wouldn't be wrong to say that I was waiting for her from the very first episode. The characters that I didn't like were that of Lisa Crawford and The General. I hated that Bastard when he tried to show off his morality in the end, after obviously ruining himself. Lisa was a bitch. I wanted her to die, but, well, she too lived. I didn't like the end of the movie. I wanted it to end on a happy note. Yeah, it made logic and sense, but still, I expected something else. Again, if that were to happen, then what was the point to wait for so long? It could have occurred a long time before. All the hard work that Lisa, Charlie and Tom did somehow went into Futile.But, apart from that, I loved it all along. And, this one, I will add into the list of my All Time favorite TV series.

ctomvelu1 I could not warm up to this very long miniseries when it debuted, although I am watching it again on Syfy and hoping for a better feeling toward it. The plot takes place over decades ands has to do with alien visitation -- and I don't mean our unwanted visitors from south of the border. It plays more like a soap opera than anything else. Spielberg simply is not Quinn Martin, and "Taken" is not "The Invaders." It lacks suspense and excitement and fails to hold my interest. A big cast featuring several familiar faces does its best. But its best just isn't good enough. If someone would edit this down to a 2- or even 3-hour movie, I would be more than glad to give it another look-see. Shot in Canada.

sinful-2 If you are going to watch this series let me suggest you watch the recap in the start of the first 4 episodes and nothing more. The episodes fill 4 times 1 and a half hour with a story that easily could have been told in a normal 45 minutes episode.What especially bothered me in these episodes was the narrator that sounds like Minnie Mouse and maybe makes sense later in the series but not here.The characters are also unbelievable thin and have no real soul in the first 4 episodes. The actors cannot be blamed for this as the script is near non existent. Throughout the series you will know what will happen 10 minutes before it happens. At least in the last 6 episodes Dr. Chet Wakeman enters as a brilliant character and well acted. The rest of the characters also becomes a bit more interesting and not as shallow as in the start. The last 6 episodes are alright entertainment but never reaches higher as it is still predictable all the time.What was my feeling was they had seen SG-1 about the Asgard's problems and then had decided to make a non action series about it.I was pretty disappointed about abductions in this series too.All in all first four episodes the crew should be forced to see for eternity and the 6 last was okay entertainment. Not more complex stories than in a general action movie (it has no action though). I would call it an alien soap.

geezer-24 This series had the potential to one of TVs great. Unfortunately it was very much ruined by the terrible cast. I don't know where they found these amateurs, and I'll never understand why they didn't get any decent actors to be on this production. Thanks to this, I had a hard time keeping my interest up for 10 episodes lasting 1.20 each. At times I had to force myself through an entire episode, as it was too much "daytime soap" over it all. I wish this series had been done with some class actors and better casting, then it would've been a 10/10. If HBO is able to pull it off in almost every series they churn out, why not this?