Overall, quite exciting & finely paced

Rating: 7/10 (17 February 2014)

Like I said in my summary above, overall I found Taken quite exciting and well paced (and well and suitably paced through the entire movie also), even though it is flawed regarding some of the action which lacks enough strength to make Taken TRULY exciting. However, some of the action was fun to watch fortunately. My favorite scene from the film is where Liam Neeson is in his car and drives on the streets at a crazy, absolute full speed after the boat on which his abducted daughter was embarked unto, including the scene, seconds before that where he's seen running after the kidnappers for such a long time (while he was running, he made me think of the terminator running after his prey in terminator 2 Hahahahaha.), before tiring himself out and finding the car I've just been talking about. When I say he made me think of the terminator don't think I'm saying that I didn't like to see him run for so long because of that. I found it heroic to see him run, run and run, and I don't care if he makes me think of the terminator as long as I like to see him running and that it gives me the tension I want. The car scene was the absolute best, because you could feel the tension of the ride there and it was non-stop driving for what looked and/or felt (on scope) like 5 minutes to me when I watched it. Or, at least 5 minutes is the first thing that would come to my mind if I had to say how much (in minutes or seconds time) did the car ride feel and/or looked, because of the long time it took. My favorite quote is "I will tear down the Eiffel Tower if I have to" because of the dialogue to which it connects to (I'm not telling the dialogue in case of SPOILERS! for those who haven't seen the film) For the family conflict, it is well developed and fun to watch and hear how the characters (father, mother and daughter) each behaves and reacts as a consequence of another's action. And there is also a strong performance from Bryan Mills'ex-wife when she discovers news about her daughter being taken. She performs perfectly and just the way you would expect a mother to behave when her child's been taken. Everyone is well cast. My recommendation to you if you've never seen Taken: Taken is far from being unmissable, but you will nonetheless still find some good thrills to hang around with. At least, you have to! Just, don't expect the action, whenever it comes to involve your brain at a high rate!