This movie made me hate French, but it's made by French.

Rating: 9/10 (7 February 2009)

Just wondering how the movie will affect the travelers who planned a vacation to French. If Paris is really that corrupted, I'd say thanks to the production team for warning me from traveling to Paris. LOL! Well, apart from being an excellent action thriller, Taken is a serious movie took the topic of Kidnapping-prostitution business in one of the most civilized country,Frence. The makers definitely took the position of a international prosecutor who punishes everyone in this industry. The story is about an ex-CIA agent(Liam Neeson) who was estranged from his family and got divorced years ago. Had to allow his 17-year-old daughter to travel around Europe with no guardians, he eventually found his daughter kidnapped by an international prostitution organization. Traced the steps of his daughter, he had to risk everything he had, and probably everything French people had, to save her. This is not a new kind of story. What amuses me is the undertone of the movie, which is loudly blow-ed-out self-righteousness and revenge against the corruption of a nation. Yes, that's right, a NATION. Every class and everyone is involved in the crimes committed in this movie. From the slum small-times to the ones behind the desk, from illegal immigrants to the billionaires, the movie is an outrageous accuse to the ignorant system of Paris. With such social commentary, Taken is suddenly differentiated from its homogeneous movies. Maybe that's also why it's rated 8.0/10 on IMDb.
My rating:9/10 Recommend to: everyone who thinks he's a good person.