good story of family, change and action in Paris

Rating: 7/10 (3 April 2013)

I watched Taken on a library DVD after watching Taken2 earlier. Taken sets more of the scene of the retired CIA agent trying to stay near his 17-yr old daughter while being the ex-husband and much poorer than the step-father. He has his daughter's best interests at heart. As other reviewers have noted, watch the story unfold and don't think about the props and action scenes. Iaam is great and always finds the weapons, technology, and people just in time. The location and action scenes are lovely as well as dark. His buddies are helpful and funny. The rescue scenes are physically brutal as well as the shooting particularly in the French agent's house.