TAKEN
TAKEN
Opens at the Nugget on Friday, March 20
Cast: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen, Olivier Rabourdin, Holly Valance, Xander Berkeley
Director: Pierre Morel
Screenplay: Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen
Length: 1:33
Rated: PG-13 for violence, profanity and sexual situations
Subtitles: none
What’s TAKEN about? Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) has recently given up his career as what he calls, a “preventer” (read: “government black ops”) to be near his daughter Kim, who lives with Bryan’s ex-wife and her new husband. To make ends meet, Bryan joins some former colleagues for special security details (like guarding a pop star), but most of his time and energy are spent re-connecting with Kim. When Kim requests his permission to spend time in Paris with a friend, he reluctantly consents. Bryan’s worst fears are realized when Kim and her friend Amanda are abducted in broad daylight from their Paris apartment. Before she is dragged away by the unknown assailants, Kim manages to phone Bryan, who begins to piece together clues that will take him to the darkness of the Paris underworld, and into the City of Light’s grandest mansions. Doing so he will face nightmares worse than anything he experienced in the CIA and let nothing and no one stop him from saving his daughter.
Who is TAKEN for? Fans of thrillers, spy tales and action movies; for those who enjoy “24″ and BOURNE IDENTITY-like stories and like films that put you on the edge of your seat.
Quote from TAKEN: Bryan Mills (Neeson): “I don’t know who you are. I don’t know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don’t have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my daughter go now, that’ll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don’t, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you.”
What’s being said about TAKEN? “Although great action stars are few and far between these days, Neeson proves he’s got what it takes to put both Daniel Craig and Matt Damon to shame. If anything. his character here is too good. He’s a kick-ass guy who uses the latest technologies and good old fashioned smarts to track down anyone who gets in his way. Like the BOURNE movies, it’s essentially a two-hour chase through Europe — and it works because Neeson not only can dispatch bad guys in style, there’s also a DEATH WISH-like emotional underpinning to the role of a father who works desperately against the clock to save his daughter from unspeakable terror.” Pete Hammond at Hollywood.com
See the TAKEN trailer/preview here: http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/taken/