Pierre Morrel\’s Taken is a French action thriller that gives you an edge of the seat excitement for the full duration of the movie. The movie revolves around the kidnapping the daughter of an ex-CIA operative. However, they were unaware of what kind of dedicated father they were dealing with.

Liam Neeson is the father of the daughter who gets kidnapped. The majority of the film is set in Paris, France. The story of the thriller is thus: Bryan Mills is a retired CIA operative who has a strained relationship with his daughter. He has divorced his wife who has re-married a rich guy and does not want Bryan to be a part of her daughter\’s life.

The film starts by showing Bryan\’s daughter, Kim celebrating her 17th birthday. A little later she tells her father that she wants to go to Paris to spend time with one of her friends. He is reluctant to give her permission initially but eventually gives in. He gives him an international cell phone so that she can be in touch with her father regularly.

Bryan moves into Paris and within a 96 hour timeframe he decides to find his daughter. Bryan is super fast in her search of her daughter and before the kidnappers could blink their eyes, he has already made his next move. He pins down one baddie after and another and inches closer to the placer where Kim has been kept, the last thirty minutes is simply adrenaline pumping and you should not even think going anywhere. The car chases and the fast editing will remind you of Bourne movies and Commando. But this is a far better thriller than any of those. It is sleek and classy.

Bryan moves into Paris and starts looking for his daughter and what follows are world class action scenes and some superb editing. The guy who has done the editing for this film should be given a special award for this film. Some scenes of the movie will remind you of the Bourne movies and the Arnold Schwarzenegger starred Commando. But this a much better film than these two.

Among the star cast, Liam Neeson gives a solid performance and single-handedly carries the fate of the movie on his shoulders. Maggie Grace as Kim also plays a good part and looks very convincing. Katie Cassidy as Kim\’s friend is good and very promising. The rest of the crew delivers reasonable performances but does not deserve any special mention.

The film should appeal to even those who are not big fans of action thrillers. In fact you should watch the movie for Liam Neeson alone. I doubt very much whether a move of such high class will ever come out in the near future? So what are you waiting for? Switch on your PC and watch Taken online free with a bag of cookies in hand.

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