a great action film, and fun way to end the decade.

Rating: 8/10 (18 July 2009)

Wow, If only I had a dad like that.
That was the words silently spoken out of the minds of thousands of movie-goers walking out of the viewing of "Taken" an all-out action film straight out of the minds of Director Peirre Morel.
The movie is a plot-less, killing machine, and had never been anymore fun then this. The movie starts off with divorced dad Bryan Mills living as an ex-agent, and always keeping an eye on his daughter as she leaves for Paris. Everything is fine until her abduction into the real world begins. Rushing to Paris to save her from the sex predators who have taken her, Mills begins an extreme killing-outing. Leaving a mess wherever he goes like, a highway chase, a construction-site shoot-out and a bedroom-fight. Sure, the action is fake, unrealistic and very dumb, but, it doesn't matter, as long as the film stays true to it's self, which isn't hard to considering the only thing the movie relies on is some funny lines, some good action, and nothing more. But, if you look beyond this, the film really does have a good sense to it. Almost like a mystery. As Bryan goes from a whore-bidding to a cruise ship, and all around Paris looking for what he lost. A good film by all means, and even more then that, a classic. For, Mills personality (ability to shoot a married woman without even flinching) will strike the minds of viewers for ages. And, revealed the true fear of the outside world that had never been covered until now. so, now matter how you like you're action films, Bauer fan or Bourne fan, Jones fan or John McLain fan, "Taken" is a great action thriller and a real surprise for anyone who wants to see an un-realistic version of a P/O father, so, forget "Yippie Ki Yay", I will find you, and I will kill you!