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Taken / 2008

They took his daughter. He'll take their lives.

7.4 / 10 (12,024 votes)
18
94 minutes
DIRECTOR Pierre Morel
WRITERS Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen
CAST Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen, Olivier Rabourdin, Leland Orser, Jon Gries, David Warshofsky, Holly Valance, Gérard Watkins, Arben Bajraktaraj, Xander Berkeley, Katie Cassidy, Radivoje Bukvić, Nicolas Giraud, Jalil Naciri
PRODUCTION EuropaCorp, M6 Films, Grive Productions, Seaside Film Taken, All Pictures Media
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REVIEW & SYNOPSIS

Sinopsis

Taken adalah sebuah Action, Thriller yang dirilis pada tahun 2008. “They took his daughter. He’ll take their lives.” Film ini disutradarai oleh Pierre Morel dan dibintangi oleh Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen, Olivier Rabourdin, Leland Orser.

Taken menghadirkan cerita yang mendalam tentang perjuangan, konflik, dan resolusi yang memukau. Dengan alur yang terstruktur dengan baik, film ini berhasil membawa penonton dalam pengalaman sinematik yang tak terlupakan.

Dari segi teknis, Taken menawarkan sinematografi yang memanjakan mata, tata suara yang imersif, serta akting yang meyakinkan dari para pemerannya.

Secara keseluruhan, Taken adalah Action yang layak masuk dalam daftar tontonan Anda. Film ini tidak hanya menghibur tetapi juga memberikan pesan moral yang mendalam.

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COMMUNITY REVIEWS FROM TMDB

GeekMasher 9.5/10
January 7, 2013

One of my best films of all time. Apart from they made a second one, this a great movie! Liam Neeson trying to save this daughter, in France, from being sold to the highest bidder. An action packed film with good acting and great fight scenes.

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Dark Jedi 8/10
March 9, 2013

This is a very good action/thriller flick. It currently holds a 7.9 rating at IMDb which it certainly deserves. The few people giving this a 1 or 2 star rating must be disgruntled French people who do not like to see the French government officials portrayed as corrupt bastards (which they often are anyway). I generally like Liam Neeson so the fact that he is in the movie kind of got the movie off to a good start already. In this movie he plays a real badass, I-kick-the-shit-out-of-anyone-standing-in-my-way, former CIA agent hunting down the despicable low-life that kidnapped his daughter....

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kineticandroid
June 22, 2014

Daddy knows best — especially when it comes to a mostly untrustworthy cast of Europeans — in this action film. Liam Neeson's performance elevated this from being forgettable. Otherwise, I kind of didn't care.

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Gimly 6/10
March 16, 2019

Probably not good enough to have started the Revenge-Renaissance that it somehow did, but still a pretty entertaining time. _Taken_ does hit a lot of clichés though, and I mean, it starts hitting them right away. We're literally only minutes into the film before we find out that Neeson's lead character is divorced, and his wife has re-married to a decent, rich provider, but one who's bookish and could never take him in a fight, and that the present he got for his daughter is for an interest that she no longer has. But once we get into the action...

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JPV852 8/10
May 25, 2020

Random viewing tonight, just wanted a slick and simple action-thriller and this fit the bill. Liam Neeson kicks ass and can see why his career in this genre really took off. The camera work was probably the biggest drawback (shaky cam), likely trying emulate the Bourne franchise or something. But entertaining flick that doesn't overstay its welcome coming in at around 90-minutes. **4.0/5**

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John Chard 7/10
June 11, 2020

Your arrogance offends me. It is proof positive that you can still have a basic and formulaic genre piece and the multiplex crowd will forgive it the sins of film making. For here we have a revenge thriller that is over reliant on a ream of contrivances? The kind that people scoff at when horror pictures not wanting to be serious get screamed down for?. There is also some pretty poor acting performances on show, the usually reliable Famke Jansen looks lost when asked to show emotion, Maggie Grace needs to go back to acting school, whilst some of the...

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The Movie Mob 10/10
August 20, 2022

**You will find this movie. You will watch it.** This movie came out of nowhere! The trailer for this film relied on just one short scene of Liam Neeson threatening a kidnapper on the phone... and that was all we needed to be hooked! A basic revenge/rescue movie elevated by fantastic action, stunt directing, and Liam Neeson's delivery, all transporting this thriller into a believable reality. One of the best of the genre that paved the way for John Wick.

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RalphRahal 9/10
March 12, 2025

Taken is one of those action thrillers that doesn’t waste time getting to the point. The plot is straightforward but gripping, setting up just enough character development before throwing you into a tense, fast-paced ride. It plays on a real-world issue in a way that feels urgent, making you root for the protagonist as he fights against an unrelenting system. While the villains aren’t particularly deep, the generalization works in the movie’s favor, highlighting the unsettling reality of indifference toward human trafficking. The story keeps things simple but effective, balancing emotional stakes with action that never slows down. The direction...

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