
Movie Info
Genre :
Action, ThrillerRelease Date :
January 30, 2009MPAA Rating :
PG-13Director :
Pierre MorelStarring :
Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen, Maggie Grace, Katie Cassidy, Leland Orser, Arben Bajraktaraj, Camille Japy, Holly Valance
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'Taken' Steals Box Office Top Slot From 'Paul Blart: Mall Cop'
February 02, 2009 12:02:15Debuted on Friday, January 30, 20th Century Fox kidnapping thriller "Taken" has shot up to the top of the North American box office chart. Seizing $24.7 million over the three-day weekend, the Pierre Morel-directed film has won over "Paul Blart: Mall Cop", which has dominated the box office for two weekends in a row.
"Taken" doesn't stop only at stealing "Paul Blart" #1 position since it has also secured itself as the second-biggest Super Bowl opening. The Liam Neeson-starring CIA thriller lands behind "Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour", which collected $31.1 million over 2008 Super Bowl weekend.
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Final Intense Trailer of 'Taken'
January 29, 2009 10:01:36Bryan Mills is former paramilitary officer from the CIA's famed Special Activities Division. He is also a father of a 17-year-old girl. When his teenage girl who is having a vacation in Paris gets abducted by a criminal organization, he jets off to the city of lights and rely on his skills in tracking down the gang and rescuing his daughter.
In the brand new trailer of "Taken", it can be seen how Bryan Mills first discovers that his daughter is being kidnapped and threatens the abductors that he will hunt them down. This final trailer also gives out glimpses of the actions Mills are in on his mission to find where her daughter is being kept.
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Good Luck Clip From Luc Besson's 'Taken'
January 05, 2009 04:01:49A brand new clip from "Taken" has just made its way out. Around two-and-a-half-minute long, the video footage is entitled "Good Luck". It highlights on the scene when Bryan Mills digs up clues from his distraught daughter, Kim, after she witnesses her friend, Amanda, is being taken away by two men.
Starring Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen and Maggie Grace, the action thriller for the 20th Century Fox resolves around Mills, a former US intelligence agent. When he finds out that his teenage daughter is being kidnapped in Paris, he sets out to rescue her and bring the ruthless gang that abducted her to justice by relying on his special skills.
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Holly Valance Gets "Taken"
February 21, 2007 02:02:27Fresh from her role in game-based flick "DOA: Dead or Alive", Holly Valance is reportedly taking her next big screen acting in "Taken", which has just submitted "Lost" star Maggie Grace in the cast lineup.
No word yet on what role the beauty will play, but the film's story centers on a former spy, played by Liam Neeson, who tries to rescue his estranged daughter (Grace) upon learning that she is kidnapped by slave masters in Europe.
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Maggie Grace Is Already "Taken"
February 20, 2007 10:02:49Seems big screen roles really suits Maggie Grace as time goes by. Already attached to two movie projects for future releases, the beauty is now reported to have landed the female lead opposite Liam Neeson in "Taken", an action thriller of Luc Besson's Europa Corp. and the 20th Century Fox production.
Here the "Lost" star is plotted as the estranged daughter of Neeson's character who is kidnapped and forced into the slave trade, leading the father, a former spy agent, to use his skills in rescuing her.
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Reader's Reviews

I could tell by the previews that this movie was going to be awesome, and I was soo right..KICK ASS!!!
posted by xylia17 on Jan 11, 2009
this movie by far, is sooooo kick ass its going to be hard to top this, one this year
posted by Rallaster0013 on Jan 14, 2009
Very good movie! Definitely go and see it
posted by Lindsey on Jan 20, 2009
The movie is constantly "bad ass" action. I saw the movie on Graboid--Director's cut. :)
posted by Lindsey on Jan 20, 2009
brutal yet charming
posted by Kristin on Jan 30, 2009
Damn what a movie! Loved it
posted by Yugoz4Lyfe on Feb 05, 2009
I just saw it last night and I already want to see it again!!
posted by shadey on Feb 07, 2009
the list of sound track is wrong!there is two other sound tracks of band "pauline de saxe" titles called "xtc" and "inside my head"!!!
posted by tom on Feb 08, 2009
Very good movie. Who ever the technical advisor was for human trafficking knows he’s business.
posted by KC on Feb 10, 2009FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
posted by EER on Feb 11, 2009DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
posted by DDD on Feb 11, 2009
Amazing Movie. But, how is this the songs?
posted by MovieFanatic on Feb 15, 2009
Oh my goooood!!! I changed my name after I saw the movie.. My new name is Mike Mills...
posted by Mike Mills on Feb 24, 2009
One of the best moviess ever .. arben bajraktaraj was greattttt nikkkaaa
posted by Brandon Berlow on Feb 26, 2009
Loooove it! Does anybody know the name of the song, at the appartment when Amanda's dancing? The first song, after the little " slutty speach " XD
posted by Bibou on Mar 10, 2009
Never mind! Still love the movie XD
posted by Bibou on Mar 10, 2009
OMG I LUV THISS MUVIE I WUD RECOMMEND IT TO ANYONE!!!!
posted by CALI BABY on Mar 10, 2009
dis flick was so sick!!!.... i luvd it !! SOOO BAD ASS!!!! ROCK ON!!!!
posted by bigcock on Apr 04, 2009
It was a superb film Liam Neeson done such a good job in this film
posted by Taken on Apr 14, 2009
definetely im buying it on dvd. its a must have movie in my collection
posted by izraelgl on May 12, 2009
definetely im buying it on blue ray. its a must have movie in my collection
posted by izraelgl on May 12, 2009
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posted by Gcdledfp on Jul 14, 2009
If you have to do it, you might as well do it right.
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posted by recreational use adi on Aug 03, 2009
This movie was the best!!!!!!! A lot of action scenes and it kept me on the edge of my seat. Good movie!!
posted by wilder543 on Aug 15, 2009
a great movie that shows a man who risks it all to save his daughter and kills alot of bad guys
posted by pdp on Sep 28, 2009
great action
posted by rdog on Oct 16, 2009


