Taken

Feb 18, 2008

1h 34m

★ 7.4

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

Overview

Bryan Mills, a former government operative, is trying to reconnect with his teenage daughter Kim. After reluctantly agreeing with his ex-wife to let Kim go to Paris on vacation with a friend, his worst nightmare comes true. While on the phone with his daughter shortly after she arrives in Paris, she and her friend are abducted by a gang of human traffickers. Working against the clock, Bryan relies on his extensive training and skills to track down the ruthless gang that abducted her and launch a one-man war to rescue his daughter.

Genres

Action

Thriller

Production Companies

EuropaCorp

M6 Films

Grive Productions

Seaside Film Taken

All Pictures Media

Taken Trailers

Cast

Bryan Mills

Liam Neeson

Kim Mills

Maggie Grace

Lenore St. John

Famke Janssen

Jean-Claude Pitrel

Olivier Rabourdin

Sam Gilroy

Leland Orser

Mark Casey

Jon Gries

Bernie Harris

David Warshofsky

Sheerah

Holly Valance

Patrice Saint-Clair

Gérard Watkins

Marko Hoxha

Arben Bajraktaraj

Stuart St. John

Xander Berkeley

Amanda

Katie Cassidy

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