Taken

I Don't Know Who You Are, But If You Don't Let My Daughter Go, I Will Find You; I Will Kill You

Cast

Liam Neeson

Country

Template:France

Language

English
French
Albanian
Arabic

Release Date

February 27, 2008 Template:France
September 28, 2008
January 30, 2009

Runtime

93 min (unrated)
90 min (theatrical)

Rating

Distributed By

20th Century Fox (International)EuropaCorp (France)

Budget

$26.5 million

Gross

$226,830,568

Taken is a 2008 French thriller film produced by Luc Besson, starring Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace and Famke Janssen. The screenplay was written by Besson and Robert Mark Kamen, and directed by Pierre Morel. A sequel, Taken 2, is set for release on October 5, 2012.

Since its 2008 release, Taken has generated a strong cult following, and numerous media outlets have cited the film as a turning point in Neeson's career that redefined the actor as a successful action film star

Plot

Neeson plays a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operative who sets about tracking down his daughter after she is kidnapped by human traffickers while traveling in France.

Cast

• Liam Neeson as Bryan Mills
• Maggie Grace as Kim Mills
• Famke Janssen as Lenore "Lennie" Mills
• Xander Berkeley as Stuart
• Katie Cassidy as Amanda Wilson
• Leland Orser as Sam
• Olivier Rabourdin as Jean-Claude
• Holly Valance as Sheerah, a pop star Bryan protects after a concert from a knife-wielding assailant
• Jon Gries as Casey
• David Warshofsky as Bernie
• Nathan Rippy as Victor
• Camille Japy as Isabelle
• Nicolas Giraud as Peter
• Arben Bajraktaraj as Marko
• Gérard Watkins as Patrice Saint-Clair
• Nabil Massad as Sheikh Raman
• Radivoje Bukvic as Sheikh Raman's head guard

References