Directed by Pierre Morel (District B13) and produced and co-written by Luc Besson (La Femme Nikita, The Transporter) with co-screenwriter Robert Mark Kamen (The Fifth Element, The Transporter), TAKEN stars Liam Neeson (Kinsey, Gangs of New York) as former government operative Bryan Mills, whose daughter is kidnapped in Paris - with less than 96 hours to rescue her, Bryan must use his extensive black ops training to hunt the organisation behind the abduction, letting nothing and no one stand in his way.
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- Taken
- 15 (Contains strong violence and scene of torture)
- Cast
- Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Leland Orser, Jon Gries, David Warshofsky, Holly Valance, Katie Cassidy, Famke Janssen, Goran Kostic, Olivier Rabourdin
- Director
- Pierre Morel
- Producer
- Didier Hoarau, Luc Besson, Pierre-Ange Le Pogam
- Writer
- Luc Besson, Robert Kamen
- Duration
- 01:33:00
- Official Site
- http://takenmovie.co.uk/
- Release
- Friday September 26 2008
- Genre
- Action/Adventure
- Distributor
- 20th Century Fox
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