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Taken (2009)
Taken stars Liam Neeson as ex-Green Beret and ex-CIA operative Bryan Mills, who retired from his life of fighting in order to be there for his family. When his teenage daughter Kim (Maggie Grace) travels to Paris and is kidnapped by human traffickers, Mills launches into action, mounting a one-man rescue mission that sees him tear through gangs of European criminals with extreme prejudice in hopes of finding and rescuing Kim before it's too late.
Taken
- Director
- Pierre Morel
- Release Date
- January 30, 2009
- Studio(s)
- 20th Century
- Distributor(s)
- 20th Century
- Cast
- Liam Neeson , Katie Cassidy , Famke Janssen , Leland Orser , Maggie Grace
- Writers
- Luc Besson , Robert Mark Kamen
- Runtime
- 90 minutes
- Franchise(s)
- Taken
- Budget
- $25 million
Summary
A retired CIA agent travels across Europe and relies on his old skills to save his estranged daughter, who has been kidnapped while on a trip to Paris.
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