Taken

Rating: 8/10 (25 November 2015)

Taken(2008) Taken, directed by Pierre Morel, was released in 2008, and emphasizes Liam Neeson's fantastic action and great thrills as Morel already showed in prior movies like 'District 13' and 'Transporter'. Unlike other action movies, Taken also contains parental love which is actually the starting point of the action.
The film, is set in France, where Kim(Maggie Grace) and her friend are traveling. The action begins when Kim is kidnapped by gangsters. Before being kidnapped, she makes a phone call to her father, Bryan(Liam Neeson) who is a former secret agent. When the gangsters find Kim calling her father, one of them takes her phone. Bryan threatens the gangsters to set his daughter free, but they ignore him and just say 'good luck' to him. Based on this phone call, he tries to find them according to the specific tattoos which Kim describes. Finally, he finds the gangsters and tries to catch the man who kidnapped his daughter, but the more clues he gets about where Kim is, the more he gets in trouble.
It's very remarkable that the director portrays Bryan as a "rounded character". To be more specific, some scenes in which he kills gangsters portray him as a cruel man, but some scenes which are related to his daughter portray him as an ordinary father. Of course, considering the genre of this movie, the best aspect of Bryan's appeal is his wonderful action which is shown when he fights with gangsters.
Taken is full of fantastic action that will appeal to anyone who likes action and thrills. Also, it may help young people understand their parents' infinite love by seeing Liam Neeson's devotion to his daughter. Therefore Taken is absolutely worth watching and anyone who watches this movie won't be able to take their eyes off the screen until the movie ends.