“They took his daughter. He'll take their lives.”
Overview
Bryan Mills, a former government operative, is trying to reconnect with his teenage daughter Kim. After reluctantly agreeing with his ex-wife to let Kim go to Paris on vacation with a friend, his worst nightmare comes true. While on the phone with his daughter shortly after she arrives in Paris, she and her friend are abducted by a gang of human traffickers. Working against the clock, Bryan relies on his extensive training and skills to track down the ruthless gang that abducted her and launch a one-man war to rescue his daughter.
Directed by Pierre Morel
Written by Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen
Produced by Pierre-Ange Le Pogam, Luc Besson
Box OfficeBudget: $25.0MRevenue: $226.8M
About Taken
Taken is a action, thriller film released in 2008 exploring themes of rescue, paris, france, kidnapping, prostitution, sex trafficking, albanian. Directed by Pierre Morel, it stars Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen. Bryan Mills, a former government operative, is trying to reconnect with his teenage daughter Kim. After reluctantly agreeing with his ex-wife to let Kim go to Paris on vacation with a friend, his worst nightmare comes true. While on the phone with his daughter shortly after she arrives in Paris, she and her friend are abducted by a gang of human traffickers. Working against the clock, Bryan relies on his extensive training and skills to track down the ruthless gang that abducted her and launch a one-man war to rescue his daughter.