Highest Rated Review by the Community
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Jul 22 '09
Pros: Action, Neeson
Cons: The daughter. Ugh.
Summary: Sometimes I have a hankering for some good, bloody action. The kind where the violence is gratuitous, the situations ridiculous and the hero impenetrable. Buckle your seat belt, leave your brain on the shelf and go along for the loud, ... read more
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Sep 07 '11
Pros: Amazing action sequences, great acting, and overall great movie.
Cons: Predictable ending and twists.
Summary: I was actually forced to watch the movie Taken when I was vacationing at my brother's house for the weekend. I had never heard of it before, nor was I a big fan of action movies. Admittedly, I didn't pay much attention to this movie the first time I ... read more
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Aug 11 '09
Pros: A very watchable and impressive Liam Neeson as an action hero.
Cons: I didn't get to see the Eiffel Tower or I blinked and missed it?
Summary: After watching the trailer plus not being a big Liam Neeson fan I originally decided to wait until Taken was available on cable. However just recently while browsing the "T" section of our neighborhood video store a huge movie buff noticed me ... read more
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Jun 25 '09
Pros: Action sequences, no non-sense on the part of Neeson, the ending
Cons: formulaic, bullets miss the good guy way too much
Summary: Are we talking about James Bond's drink or an action-packed thrill ride of a film? I'm not sure why I never saw this gem in the theatre when it was released, but my wife and I sat down with this DVD and had little idea what to expect other than ... read more
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Jun 13 '09
Pros: awesome choreography.
Cons: censored on cable TV
Summary: The idea of kidnapping young foreign girls to sell in the European and Asian sex slave trade is a concept that has been used countless times in film. Combine that premise with a father out to get their child back, or, a x – CIA ... read more
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Jun 06 '09
Pros: Efficient perf from Neeson. Movie is short.
Cons: Maggie Grace is awful. Needless pop star subplot, too.
Summary: "Taken" is essentially two lines of dialogue - "I will find you. And I will kill you." - stretched out into a 90-minute film. The speaker of this line finds his man. And, boy, does he kill him. And then he finds more people and kills them, too. And ... read more
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Jun 03 '09
Pros: Liam Neeson Action was Superb
Cons: In My opinion,Director could have concentrated more on the way "Taken" ends.
Summary: We saw a preview before going to "Taken" and we were anxious to watch movie as early as possible.Its kind of a movie with fun,thrilling and action with the concept of parent dealing and protecting the child.At first its little ... read more
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Apr 30 '09
Pros: Run-of-the-mill action flick w/ some impressive fights and lots of action. Liam Neeson.
Cons: Cliched story and script. Some action scenes were too choppy. No surprises. Very predictable.
Summary: Last night, I went to my local $2 theater and caught this latest "father goes to save his kidnapped daughter" flick called "Taken". The previews made it look like it could be interesting. It showed lots of fighting and action and things of that ... read more
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Apr 03 '09
Pros: Fast paced & action packed, you'll finish and think "That kicked butt". It won't disappoint.
Cons: Not very believable. But it's a movie what do you expect.
Summary: Taken is the perfect movie to see if you've got some time to kill. It is packed with fast paced, easy to follow action and decent plot line. It is sure to keep you on the edge of your seat and rooting for the good guy until the very ... read more
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Mar 30 '09
Pros: Liam Neeson, good action scenes
Cons: Story doesn't always make sense
Summary: "Taken" is the tale of one of a parent's biggest nightmares. Liam Neeson stars as Bryan Mills, a retired secret agent who spends his days talking about the past with his fellow retirees, working security detail for the pop singer Sheerah (Holly Valance), ... read more
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Mar 23 '09
Pros: Unique story line, good acting, great action, fun movie.
Cons: Not the most believeable, but hey, its an action movie. Saw it coming!
Summary: I was not expecting very much when I went to see the movie, TAKEN. It is winter time and soon after the Oscars, and I really did not think there would be any good action movies in the theatre. I thought I would have to wait until summer to see something ... read more
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Mar 15 '09
Pros: Liam Neeson, Liam Neeson, and three times Liam Neeson; compelling story; great action; Olivier Rabourdin
Cons: Bloody contrived, rather violent; Neeson the hero engaged in non-heroic activity
Summary: The new action thriller TAKEN is built around a ridiculous conceit. When his daughter Kim (Maggie Grace) is kidnapped shortly after travelling to Paris, Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) has the savvy and resources to punt over to France and go ... read more
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Mar 07 '09
Pros: Watching Liam Neeson kill a lot of bad guys.
Cons: Formula script is VERY cliche, very predictable, & done 1,000 times before.
Summary: Liam Neeson gets to replay is role as a Jedi Knight, only this time he wins (surprise!). The Force is with him as he rips high-pressure steel pipes right in half by shear mental will-power, and spins and jumps with Jedi precision sending ... read more
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Mar 06 '09
Pros: Liam Neeson pulls of the action very well.
Cons: Most of the acting is sub-par.
Summary: Take the unquenchable bloodlust for revenge of Beatrix Kiddo (the character played by Uma Thurman in KILL BILL) and the counter-terrorism skills and savvy of Jack Bauer (TV’s 24), with just a dash of Jason Bourne’s globetrotting ... read more
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Mar 03 '09
Pros: Liam Neeson, Good action shots
Cons: Poor storyline, all too cliche, concidental and predictable
Summary: I’m a big fan of Luc Besson and Liam Neeson but I probably wouldn’t have gone to see Taken had it not been for the lack of good movies in the theater at the moment and the surprising 8.0 rating this one is getting at IMDB. Luc Besson merely ... read more
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