Taken [2008] (DVD) Reviews

I am always up or a gritty nailbiting thriller, so picking up the DVD case, I was immediately drawn to the quotes saying that this film was the best thriller of the year. Bold statements, I was not sure whether to believe the hype. But the inclusion of Liam Neeson in the lead role seemed a good selling point, so I decided to give it a ...  Read the complete review

'Taken' is a 2008 action film starring Liam Neeson as an ex Secret Service agent turned professional bodyguard who is forced to employ all his wit and past experience when his teenage daughter is kidnapped whilst away on holiday by a criminal gang invovled in the human trafficking business. The film initially starts out with a reasonable amount of ...  Read the complete review

We borrowed this DVD from Lovefilm purely due to the reviews we'd read on here, the film is actually brilliant, it was from the first minute something I knew i'd love and is one of those films which is getting popularity by word of mouth rather than a big name cast and killer budget. Liam Neeson plays Bryan a retired agent who has quit ...  Read the complete review

We watched this DVD last night after receiving it through our Tesco DVD rental scheme. I was quite keen to watch it, I was aware of the plot and thought it sounded like an interesting and exciting storyline. *Plot* The film starts by introducing us to a Dad who seems to adore his teenage daughter. As the beginning of the film ...  Read the complete review

Liam Neeson plays Bryan Mills, an ex-secret agent who is hoping to become a more available father to his daughter Kim (Maggie Grace). This is made more difficult as she is a teenager who wants nothing more than to live her life and go traveling with her friend Amanda. Bryan, having seen all the dangers the world at work is very protective of her ...  Read the complete review

Bryan Mills is a retired spy who has moved to be close to his daughter to try and make up for his absence when she was growing up due to his work. He is getting on well with daughter Kim and soon she has to ask for his permission to spend the summer in Paris with her friend. Bryan does finally agree but gives her rules and tells her she must phone ...  Read the complete review

This movie is action pack thriller and a must see. It stars Liam Neeson who is some what a retired spy and has split from his wife. He starts work as a security guard guarding a pop star played by Holly Valance. His wife talks him into signing some papers letting his daughter travel to Paris with her friend and to his worst fears they gets ...  Read the complete review

Liam Neeson plays Byran, a retired CIA agent who moved house to be close to his teenage daughter Kim, played by Maggie Grace. When Kim plans a European tour with her best friend, Byran is very fearful of her protectiing herself in a big city, and these fears are justified when Kim and her friend are abducted by Albanian sex-traffickers in Paris, ...  Read the complete review

We watched this film with my mum, dad and husband when they had it recorded on Sky Plus and nothing was on tv (once again it was a Wednesday night and it was just football which was on!!!!). As I have said before when writing reviews on these types of films, I've never been a big fan of films with guns and gangsters, they bore me most of the time, ...  Read the complete review

Last night, along with eating our takeaway, we watched Taken which my husband had picked up from Sainsburys for only £5.99. I did not know that he was going to buy this, but as I had read a lot of favourable reviews about the film on both Dooyoo and Ciao, I was quite happy with his choice. The film was made in 2008 and stars Liam Neeson ...  Read the complete review

This film was on my rental list from Lovefilm and dropped through the post box last week. When it arrived I had no recall of putting it on the list in the first place which is mighty unusual. I can only imagine this was one of those 'if you liked X then you will like this' recommendations. Suffice to say it was bleedin awful and highly ...  Read the complete review

If you like action this is the film for you. Definitely a different role for Liam Neeson, but it really suits him! My first instinct when i sam Neeson was the lead was oh no how ca he do this ... but i hold my hands up i was wrong, he was fantastic in this role. Basically the story follows a dad searching for his daughter who has been kidnapped ...  Read the complete review

I was never keen on watching the action flick, that came out in 2008, Taken, as I thought it was going to be all violence and action, after seeing several trailers for it. Eventually my boyfriend got his own way and we settled down to watch it a few weeks ago. I was fully prepared to be distracted, but once it started I was drawn in and very ...  Read the complete review

Released in 2008 and directed by Pierre Morel, Taken is a great action movie starring the brilliant Liam Neeson. The movie is mainly set in Paris and is based around Neesons character Bryan Mills, an retired government spy living in the USA to build a relationship with his teen daughter after missing much of her life. When ...  Read the complete review

This film is brilliant. I love it when I really don't fancy watching a movie and then it turns out to be very entertaining. Liam Nielson plays Bryan an ex CIA agent and I must say his performance was outstanding. The storyline covers kidnap, drugs, prostitution, and lots of violence so I knew the film was going to be one of those ...  Read the complete review

Director: Pierre Morel Producer: Luc Besson Writers: Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen. Stars: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Arben Bajraktaraj and Leland Orser, And featuring Holly Valance I had heard a lot about a certain gripping movie which was getting some good reviews so I had to go out and get it from a well known dvd ...  Read the complete review

Pierre Morel directs this action movie TAKEN. The film centres on Liam Neeson's character Bryan who is a retired CIA operative. Bryan is an average father who cared more about his country than his family. His daughter Kim played by Maggie Grace is spoil and this angers his wife played by Famke Janssen. As the film moves to Paris ...  Read the complete review

This was a film which appeared many times on television during the time it was being aired at the cinema. What caught my eye were the quotes from critics which likened it to the bourne series. So with the film according to the quotes offering a potentially fantastic film, I decided to rent this film out. The plot for this movie starts ...  Read the complete review

Taken is a film starring Liam Neilsen and is a modern day version of the legendary Michael Winner film Death Wish. Whats the plot Well Liam Neilsen plays some kind of retired special ops guy, whose a bit down on is luck, he's divorced from his wife Famke Jansenn (X men) and his daughter (Maggie Grace) prefers her rich new ...  Read the complete review

I loved this film, I was hooked to Taken and couldn't take my eyes off the screen. I thought it was a great action film, to be honest I am not really into action films but this one was really enjoyable. Lots of action, a great plot and the ending isn't so bad either. There is not a dull moment in the entire 90 minutes. Liam Neeson is a perfect ...  Read the complete review