Taken is a 2008 action thriller film starring Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen, and Maggie Grace. It is based on a script by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen and was directed by Pierre Morel. Neeson plays a former Central Intelligence Agency paramilitary operative who sets about tracking down his teenage daughter after she is kidnapped by slave traders while traveling in Europe.
Decorated and highly-skilled CIA operative Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) has r...
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Taken is a 2008 action thriller film starring Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen, and Maggie Grace. It is based on a script by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen and was directed by Pierre Morel. Neeson plays a former Central Intelligence Agency paramilitary operative who sets about tracking down his teenage daughter after she is kidnapped by slave traders while traveling in Europe.
Decorated and highly-skilled CIA operative Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) has recently retired to spend more time with his teen-aged daughter, Kim (Maggie Grace), an aspiring singer. He buys an expensive karaoke machine for her 17th birthday, but his gift is upstaged by Kim's wealthy step-father, Stuart (Xander Berkeley), who gives her a horse at the party.
Later, Bryan's friend and former CIA colleague, Sam (Leland Orser), convinces Bryan to accept a one-night job with him: bodyguards for the famous singer, Sheerah (Holly Valance). As Bryan escorts Sheerah from the arena, he fends off an armed attacker, earning him her...
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