Doting dads are doting dads, I guess, and there is just no stopping him, which is a shame, as what follows is a big sorry mess of the most clichéed, improbable and xenophobic kind.

| Aug 23, 2018

The movie was awesome and definitely a must see.

| Original Score: B | Sep 12, 2017

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 17, 2011

It's fun for about 15 minutes seeing Neeson do James Bond as Daddy Dangerous. But the surprise wears off quickly.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Feb 3, 2011

Single-minded and suitably rough around the edges.

| Original Score: B | Feb 17, 2009

Taken is the kind of exploitative junk everyone expects from no-talent French hack Luc Besson.

| Feb 4, 2009

[Neeson's] performance is the most perturbing thing in the film, even more so than its electrical-torture sequence or its revelations about sex-trafficking.

| Feb 2, 2009

It's the big, dolorous Neeson who makes the movie a keeper.

Full Review | Feb 2, 2009

Don't be taken in by Taken.

| Original Score: D | Feb 2, 2009

The movie proves two things. (1) Liam Neeson can bring undeserved credibility to most roles just by playing them, and (2) Luc Besson, the co-writer, whose actioner-assembly line produced this film, turns out high-quality trash, and sometimes much better.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 2, 2009

The whole movie becomes something of a Joseph Conrad-like descent into darkness, and the closer Bryan comes to the truth the seedier and more oft-putting the film itself becomes.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 30, 2009

With some suspension of disbelief and a strong stomach, it's possible to get taken in, or at least absorbed, by this adrenaline-pumping action thriller.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 30, 2009

You'll miss out on a good movie if you consider Taken just another January dumping.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 30, 2009

If a movie's high points are a quick smack of carnage and a steely speech that everyone's already seen in the trailer, you know it must be January.

| Jan 30, 2009

I won't tell you Taken is great, but it's great fun.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 30, 2009

[Director] Morel keeps Taken moving swiftly. It's never dragged down by excess feelings; instead, it's powered by the potency of the right ones.

Full Review | Jan 30, 2009

A fleet, no-nonsense rescue thriller from the crackerjack French director Pierre Morel, Taken is satisfying (1) for the Gaelic gravitas of its star, (2) its slam-bang chase scenes and bone-snapping martial arts, and (3) the scenic backdrops of Paris.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 30, 2009

Next out of the January dreg-u-lator: A Liam Neeson thriller so lacking in ambition they should have called it Paycheck.

| Original Score: .5/4 | Jan 30, 2009

Taken starts in low gear and almost immediately stalls out.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/5 | Jan 30, 2009

Neeson's better than this.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 30, 2009