Taken is a must-see!

Rating: Null/10 (26 March 2014)

You crack your eyes open and rub away the crust that formed during your nap when you realize you awakened just in time to feel the wheels of the plane make contact with the runway. In that instant the reality of the situation hits you like a ton of bricks: your teenage self has officially arrived in Paris. This is the first trip you have taken without your parents so you are swarmed with the feeling of invincibility. You manage to navigate through the airport, and attempt to catch a cab to your best friend's brother's apartment. A cute man, at most a few years older than you, offers to share a taxi with you and your friend. What girl would deny that offer?
Kim was no exception to this lack of denial in the 2008 hit movie Taken, starring Liam Neeson as Bryan Mills and Maggie Grace as Kim. In the movie, teenager Kim and her best friend innocently accept a very cute, younger man's offer to share a cab. The three of them hop into a taxi together and head off to the apartment they are going to be staying in. When Kim arrives at the apartment, she calls her former CIA agent father, Bryan Mills, to tell him she landed safely. While she is on the phone, a group of men break into the apartment, and kidnap Kim and her best friend. Bryan is able to hear the entire situation unfold and that is when he begins his hunt to find his daughter. Taken is a movie that tells the story of a father who does everything in his power to find his kidnapped daughter in a foreign country. In the process, Bryan exploits the harsh reality of human trafficking and the prostitution business present in foreign countries. This suspenseful action and drama filled movie will have you gripping the arms of the seat so tightly that you will be left white-knuckled.
One aspect of the movie that stands out is the truth behind the story. Although the story line is not based on a real story, women are actually kidnapped in foreign countries and used for prostitution in brothels. The fact that this actually happens is extremely scary, especially being a girl. The movie was able to actually affect my feelings so this makes me feel that Taken was a fantastic movie. It is a movie that keeps you on your toes up until the very end as you wait in suspense to figure out if Kim will ever be saved. I could never predict how the situation would end, which is a problem that occurs in most movies. For these reasons, I would give Taken a rating of 8 out of 10. In other words, it's a must see!