There's a xenophobic element to Taken's premise, to be sure - the idea that travel, even to Western Europe, isn't safe for Americans, and that foreigners (Albanians, Arabs) are by nature shifty and sinister.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Dan Kois
A satisfying thriller as grimly professional as its efficient hero.Read Full Review »
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Salon.com: Stephanie Zacharek
The delirious and sometimes nasty little pleasures that Taken offers don't hinge as much on surprise as they do on the action (which is crisp and fast, with a minimum of computer enhancement) and on the story's unabashedly sentimental underpinnings.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Claudia Puig
Taken does have a few things going for it. At the top of that short list is Liam Neeson in the starring role.Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
If there are any "24" fans who have wondered what the TV series might be like if Liam Neeson replaced Kiefer Sutherland, Taken provides an opportunity to have that question answered.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
Taken shows Mills as a one-man rescue squad, a master of every skill, a laser-eyed, sharpshooting, pursuit-driving, pocket-picking, impersonating, knife-fighting, torturing, karate-fighting killing machine who can cleverly turn over a petrol tank with one pass in his car and strategically ignite it with another.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Kenneth Turan
A brisk and violent action programmer that can't help being unintentionally silly at times.Read Full Review »
The film promises so much more than it delivers that, by the end, I felt like registering a complaint with the Obama Administration's Consumer Protection squad.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Manohla Dargis
Taken starts in low gear and almost immediately stalls out.Read Full Review »
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