Taken starring Liam Neeson

[AFA]

A former government operative comes out of retirement and uses his extensive training to rescue his daughter from a slave trade operation.

http://www.hulu.com/watch/50979/movie-trailers-taken

If he stays true to form he will most likely die at the end but it looks like he kicks some serious ass.

[jagsfans]

Hell ya. Liam Neeson playing a serious bad ass. I'm looking forward to it. His daughter is Maggie Grace (Shannon in "Lost").

[chumpy]

I have already seen it and it was very good.

[DR. Jimcy M.E.]

A wife so no retarded love story to ruin the action so thats good and the trailer is good except for the hackey rock and roll music at the end. Could be good, I do like Liam.

[AFA]

Goddammit this came out in France almost a year ago and most the rest of the world too. I hate when that happens.

[LiddyRules]

Don't Say A Ransom

[AFA]

Don't Say A Ransom

No his 17 year old daughter is just going to become a sex slave.

[blackout-]

dl'ed this a few months ago, was pretty damn good, reminded me of 'spartan' - a smiliar movie staring val kilmer and kirsten bell.

[Budyzir]

That looks kick ass. I gotta see this one.

[deathtrip]

I wonder if he gets his daughter back

[Sack of Chisels]

As far as action/spy/badass movies go, this was absolutely fucking phenomenal. The (very) ending was a tad cheesy, but whatever. This was a solid story from the great Luc Besson, and was done very well. Must see for '09.

[GoldenOne]

Never heard of this, saw the trailer about 20 times during the Giants game today and am very intrigued.

[blackout-]

luc besson is always good...

[Jay Douglas]

This movie looks awesome!

The trailer did have a bit of unintentional comedy though. The victim's daughter clearly states that she'll only have a few seconds, but she should yell every detail about her kidnappers that she can. So what does she do? Throw out a very non-descriptive scream. Nicely done. Don't give me that "she was scared 'cause she was about to be kidnapped" bullshit either.

[LastDeadMouse]

Whenever a movie like this is rated PG-13 I'm always afraid they're gonna hold back at some point. Still, it looks interesting.

[Sack of Chisels]

Whenever a movie like this is rated PG-13 I'm always afraid they're gonna hold back at some point. Still, it looks interesting.
I had no idea it was PG-13 prior to, or while watching. kinda of surprising because it is very gritty. there are some brutal murders, torturing, and a shot of a dead girl who od'd on heroin presumably.

Wouldn't say there's much that should definitely make it R.. but it doesn't hold back either.

[Flea_Man]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z29OVZLbZk

[hybriddriver]

i was wondering why that chick looked familiar

[Big Dick Mcgee]

Just finished watching it. Very good movie. Neeson whips a lot of ass in this movie.

[LastDeadMouse]

I had no idea it was PG-13 prior to, or while watching. kinda of surprising because it is very gritty. there are some brutal murders, torturing, and a shot of a dead girl who od'd on heroin presumably.

Wouldn't say there's much that should definitely make it R.. but it doesn't hold back either.

That's good to hear. If it comes to my local second run theater I'll check it out. If not, I'll wait for the dvd.

[Aizazzle]

Just watched this. It's a pretty generic plot, with a couple of twists here and there. The best part is Liam Neeson kicking some serious ass in the movie, and that is what ends up making the movie. The action is close to the Bourne Trilogy which is honestly what surprised me. Going into the movie I expected the action to be pretty ordinary, but it exceeded all expectations. Oh and Liam Neeson did a great job acting wise, it wasn't just the cold blooded killer mentality, but also the scenes with his family.

I liked that Neeson pretty much killed anyone who had a had in his daughter's disappearance. I loved what he did to Marco and the dude who wanted to negotiate at the end. My favorite one might be the one where he shoots the French officer's wife.

[GorilaBoyNorton]

Yeah I saw the movie when it was released, I got a screener copy of it. I agree it was very very formulaic, but the action is quite good.

[SOS]

Taken
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/5580/liamlp2.jpg


The film follows an ex-CIA "Preventer", who is faced with recovering his daughter after she is kidnapped by human trafficking|sex-traffickers in Paris, France.
Taken (http://www.takenmovie.com/)


Taken - Rotten Tomatoes (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/taken/)


3_0R4l0ISNs



Famke Janssen (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000463/)
Liam Neeson (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000553/)
Katie Cassidy (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1556320/)was Ruby in Supernatural
Xander Berkeley (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0075359/) was on 24

[JoeyDVDZ]

I liked it. It's been "available" for a couple of months now, and I checked it out. Lots of killing, lots of serious "jack bauer" style interrogation techniques from Liam. Decent watch.

[WhiskeyWhispers]

This is the type of movie you watch, kind of enjoy and forget 2 days later. I wouldn't pay to see it in theaters, but it's worth a rental.

[edzeppe]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gESD1wkyrz8/SJ9EMDWgbRI/AAAAAAAAB0A/YuWVIscKBYg/S150/homeless+dad.jpg

[Ovaherenow]

There's a reason this movie sat on a shelf for years before being released. Also, for the most part January is a wasteland of movies being released.

(Case in point this year : King of Queens as a mall security guard? Underworld 3...with no one from the original? Bloody Valentine horror movie ...but it's in 3D?)

exactly.

The most dramatic part of the movie is in the trailer. You know he's going to kick ass, which he does. You know he will stop at nothing, he doesn't. You know he's going to save the daughter and everything is going to be ok. He does.

The same thing happened with Al Pacino's "88 Minutes" which was released overseas (and "available") prior to it going into theaters....and it was the same.

I hate movies that are just a paycheck and a vacation for all involved. The movie is a waste of time.

[mascan42]

I had no idea it was PG-13 prior to, or while watching. kinda of surprising because it is very gritty. there are some brutal murders, torturing, and a shot of a dead girl who od'd on heroin presumably.
Throw in a tit or more than 1 F-word, though, and it's an automatic R. Fucking hypocritical country that we live in.

[SaltyDelights]

I watched it last night and can attest to its awesome-ness!

When he realizes he is speaking to the guy who said "Good luck" to him over the phone, you think: "Alright he is going to leave the building and confront him one-on-one later on. But instead he takes on six savage, armed Albanians by himself. The film is full of parts like this one where he gets into really dangerous situations and finds a way to escape.

The supporting characters (casting) sucked except for the cute daughter and her friend. But it was definetely worth watching - especially if you can watch it for free, somehow.

[Plunkies]

I just got around to watching it. The beginning, ending, and anything in the movie involving a plot was fucking terrible and predictable. The middle with Liam Neeson killing everyone he can find is pretty watchable though. It made me laugh that he had to kill half of France AND get a meeting with a famous pop star just to earn his cunty daughter's love.

[AFA]

I thought it was good. A little more story would have been nice.

So apparantly there's more than one version.
In the U.K. there's the 18 year-old version and an edited 15 year-old version.
And the American version is an edit of the U.K. 15 year-old version.

Hopefully the real movie will be released on DVD here too.

Though it was pretty damn racy for a PG-13 rating though. The movie is all about killing, heroin, and sex slaves.

[SaltyDelights]

w00t!Thriller 'Taken' snatches box office crown
LOS ANGELES, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Thriller "Taken," starring
Liam Neeson as a former spy who must rescue his daughter from
kidnappers, snatched the No. 1 spot at North American box
offices over the weekend, according to studio estimates on
Sunday.
"Taken" grabbed $24.6 million in just under 3,200 theaters,
for an average of about $7,700 per theater, and it played to a
mix of men and women, said a spokesman for the film's
distributor, 20th Century Fox. Fox is a unit of News Corp.

REUTERS
1730 010209 GMT

[WOWmagnet]

Throw in a tit or more than 1 F-word, though, and it's an automatic R. Fucking hypocritical country that we live in.

Yep.

America: Killing good / sex baaaaaad. = gay.

[JMCC]

Watched it last night, the plot was a bit out there, but the action was good enough to keep you entertain. Although, would it have been too much to ask for an "I told you so" by Mills to his wife and daughter, geez...

[Chimp Pembry]

Jimmy's crazy. Taken ruled.

[DonTheTrucker]

Jimmy's crazy. Taken ruled.

Jimmy doesn't know SHIT about movies. That's been established.

Taken didn't "rule" but it's a good movie. Not going to win any awards, but these movies never do. It's worth a watch.

[Chimp Pembry]

I realized the problem last night when I went to see it with my friend. The American version has a lot of the rough shit chopped down or editted out to make PG-13. I really am starting to fucking HATE this country's way of doing movies. Fucking STOP IT. The R version is hardcore.

[SunFlwr22]

I loved this movie! Liam Neeson was amazing and the action was non-stop.

On a sad note... I just heard that Liam Neeson's wife, Natasha Richardson was just in a really bad skiing accident in Canada... my thoughts and prayers are with her and her family.

Neeson Rushes to Richardson's Hospital Bedside (http://www.hollywood.com/news/Neeson_Rushes_to_Richardsons_Hospital_Bedside/5412391)

[thekidslepthere]

Wow someone put a nice thought out to Liam Neeson, maybe we should all take a lesson from sunflwr.

I only clicked on this thread expecting to read something about how Liam now has to go kick a ski slopes ass for messing up his wife. But I'm a horrible human being.

[Chimp Pembry]

We all are.

[CougarHunter]

Goddamn rich cunt.
Skis kill rich cunts.

[Chimp Pembry]

I hear Neeson's wife got taken.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v467/GreyFoxNinja/RIMSHOT.jpg

[Plunkies]

I hear Neeson's wife got taken.

No, she died from injuries during a skiing accident.

[Chimp Pembry]

It's Literal Plunkies!

[DR. Jimcy M.E.]

It's Literal Plunkies!

Improv Steve voice: "But thats not his name!"

[Floyd1977]

Not to take away the funny, but that actually is some scary shit. Who would of thought what seemed like a minor blow to the head could make you dead a couple of hours later. I remember some times in my past where somehow my head got slammed what seemed like pretty hard, now I'll freak out that happens to me now. From the stories, she was perfectly fine right after it happened.

[TreeFortRichard]

back to the movie...I just saw this movie and it was really good...Nice plot/story and i liked that he was still vulnerable despite his kickassedness

I was thinking the whole time about the comment on O&A that the big star singer would never have an apartment without guards etc...Upon further review it is clearly not her home, but rather the home of the singing coach she was going to set liam's daughter up with. The walls had some gold records and you can see the coach in the background at the piano...that's what is up with it...

[lockjaaaaww]

Even if the somehow is as good as a action flick as say die hard or the road warrior I still wouldn't see it. For two reasons...1. The whole kidnapping thing has been done a million times. and 2. the trailer has some pretty big douche chill lines..."I have a deadly set of skills."-eccchhh. Whenever I hear really bad movie lines in a trailer I automaticly black book the movie. The departed had "you wana chop me up and feed me to the poor" which that line and that fact that I don't like Decaprio made me black book it. I did check it out though and it was a good movie.

[TreeFortRichard]

that's pretty much why i don't watch trailers...He says that "Deadly set of skills" line on the phone to get more out of the kidnappers...it's a bait line

[Sinn Fein]

I just got back from seeing the movie tonight. It was a good, solid action flick.

[Chimp Pembry]

I've said this a million times: the Euro version is the one to see. Brutal.

[MrBogey]

Watched the unrated version on Blu-ray tonight.

Don't care what's been said by others. This movie ruled. Good pacing, great acting, and the dialogue was good. The action scenes were fantastic.

[DonTheTrucker]

Watched the unrated version on Blu-ray tonight.

Don't care what's been said by others. This movie ruled. Good pacing, great acting, and the dialogue was good. The action scenes were fantastic.

I wouldn't go that far, but I thought it was a good movie. Most people bashing it are just parroting what they hear Norton say.

[mascan42]

It's a kick-ass action movie, but Jimmy has a point - the daughter is played like a borderline retard.

[AFA]

It's a kick-ass action movie, but Jimmy has a point - the daughter is played like a borderline retard.

Kids are retarded

[Chimp Pembry]

It's a kick-ass action movie, but Jimmy has a point - the daughter is played like a borderline retard.

She's also in the film for all of ten minutes.

[MrBogey]

Yea...the kid was stupid...but then 17yr old hot girls usually are.

[WoodenPlank]

Yea...the kid was stupid...but then 17yr old hot girls usually are.

This. Good movie, though.
What were the differences between the regular US and unrated versions? I watched the unrated version, but haven't bothered to watch the regular one to look for differences. I'd assume that they showed less of the half naked slaves...

[Chimp Pembry]

Who was it that said she's like 29 playing 17? That did bug me a bit in retrospect. But still not enough to not enjoy the shit out of this movie.

Watch the regular version and notice that the most brutal moments are truncated or cut out altogether.

[WoodenPlank]

Who was it that said she's like 29 playing 17? That did bug me a bit in retrospect. But still not enough to not enjoy the shit out of this movie.

Watch the regular version and notice that the most brutal moments are truncated or cut out altogether.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1192254/

25 playing 17.

[Chimp Pembry]

Ooof.

[Zona]

Yea...the kid was stupid...but then 17yr old hot girls usually are.

Remember the girl in Nolte's Cape Fear. That was on the tube other day, and I remembered how much I hated his daughter.

[RockHardJM]

Here's Jimmy's favorite parts of "Taken" http://bit.ly/4jfuex

The retarded girl running around.

[silentbob8201]

It's a kick-ass action movie, but Jimmy has a point - the daughter is played like a borderline retard.

FROM THE WRITERS OF KARATE KID III , and Transporter 2. But seriously though the Mom was probably the biggest idiot in recent movie history.

[LBF]

Who was it that said she's like 29 playing 17?


Anybody remember Wild Things? Denise Richards was 27 playing a 17 or 18 year old high school senior in that movie.


And yes, the daughter is by far the worst part of the movie. Complete tool.

[CousinDave]

Anybody remember Wild Things? Denise Richards was 27 playing a 17 or 18 year old high school senior in that movie.


No I don't know of this movie, I'll have to check it out.

[LiddyRules]

No I don't know of this movie, I'll have to check it out.

Denise Richards, Neve Campbell, faux-lesbianism.

http://www.omgblog.com/images/kevin-bacon-nude-06.jpg

[CousinDave]

Denise Richards, Neve Campbell, faux-lesbianism.

http://www.omgblog.com/images/kevin-bacon-nude-06.jpg

I was only kidding - of course I've seen Wild Things, I even have it on Blu Ray.

I've even seen Wild Things 2 & 3

[LiddyRules]

I was only kidding - of course I've seen Wild Things, I even have it on Blu Ray.

I've even seen Wild Things 2 & 3 Yes but that was a perfect set up for a hot pic.

[CousinDave]

Yes but that was a perfect set up for a hot pic.

True - we can never get enough of Denise's boobs! Well pre Charlie Sheen, as far as I'm concerned, the day she married him, she died.

[BIV]

That was mean Liddy.

[LBF]

Denise Richards, Neve Campbell, faux-lesbianism.

http://www.omgblog.com/images/kevin-bacon-nude-06.jpg



Does it make me a bad person that I thought "I bet this picture is the famous Kevin Bacon shot" and clicked it anyway just in case?


Excellent job, Liddy.

[Falldog]

At the very least Taken should be given credit for his 'negotiation' at the end of the film.