Review of Taken (2004) by Henry P — 15 Feb 2014

In 2003, Pixar released Finding Nemo, the story of a clown-fish father who tries finding his son who is fishnapped. Some years later, French director Pierre Morel "takes" the parent-goes-to-rescue-abducted-son/daughter concept, but makes it vio- I mean thrilling.

We meet ex-CIA Brian Mills (Liam Neeson) his ex-wife Lenore (Famke Janssen), and their daughter Kim (Maggie Grace). When Kim goes off to Paris with her friend, they get abducted, and brought into human trafficking.

Any parent, and anyone who feels for another, wouldn't really feel they could blame Brian for what he does to get Kim back. I must warn you, what he does is pretty over-the-top for a PG-13 movie. (I can only imagine the unrated edition) Nathaniel Mechaly provides an appropriate, as well as intense score to the soundtrack.

For a 90 minute movie, this one actually breathes a little. The dialogue contains large amounts of profanity for PG-13, but under the depicted circumstances, don't blame them. Overall, Pierre Morel provides an exciting, intense film that'll leave you shocked.