This story is absolutely amazing, in my honest opinion. Not your typical crap-infested story line that drones out over time and becomes a series of repetitive, lame, and frankly boring movie. This movie centers around a father, Bryan Mills (Played by Liam Neeson), who is a retired government agent, and is employed for his services in what he describes as a "Preventer". His modesty alone lets you know off the bat this man means business. Bryan has a daughter, who wishes to take a trip to Europe with her friend, but things take a turn for the worse when the two girls are kidnapped and forced into a prostitution ring. At this point in time, Bryan finds himself faced with a difficult challenge: Find his daughter's kidnappers within a 96 hour time frame, or lose her forever. I won't spoil beyond this point, however, please see this movie. Do it for your children. Do it for your country. Do it for.. Justice.

Liam does a great job portraying an ex military man as this film starts with a bang and doesn't end till the credits role. Sure it's hard to believe a one-man army taking on an entire operation inside a foreign country but come on, it's a MOVIE. If I wanted drama i'd go see the reader. Despite the hard-to-believe stunt sequences, "Taken" takes you on a non-stop thrill ride full of action. He may be a little over the hill at this point but Liam Neeson has the perfect demeanor throughout complete with the gold-digging ex-wife & unappreciative kid. Makes you think twice about being a parent, if you rich that is, on sending that kid overseas without supervision. All in all I was impressed with this movie & will see it again in the US when it opens next week.

Liam deserved this Movie! Great Actor but never really got the right parts for the fan base that he deserves. Hope his agent realizes this!

Taken was a great film. I recommend it for sure. I didn't have any problems with the movie other than the fact that the daughter who was supposed to be seventeen looked at least twenty! And her character was a spoiled brat. I couldn't really deeply enjoy the movie because the audience would laugh at every action scene. The man next to me would spazz-out every singly time something intense happened and he would hoot and holler the occasional "Oh man, awesome!". But maybe you will get lucky and see it where the audience doesn't act like a bunch of immature middle-schoolers.

I wasnt planning on seeing this movie, but it was the only one playing that looked somewhat interesting. Taken is fast paced with a lot of action. Many of the scenes had me on the edge of my seat and had the sellout audience "ooohing" and "ahhhing". If you like guns, knives, car chases, dirty cops and a feel of the world and its reality this ones for you. While I dont think this film deserved applause at its end, some of the audience thought otherwise. I was surprised and you would be too.