Taken has a classic action movie premise. The tough guy, secret agent is aging and trying to calm his life down, only to be drawn back into the mix when his family is threatened. Any movie fan has seen similar storylines before. Taken is well done though, and Liam Neeson is great as the always cool, bad-ass. He gave some good depth to his character as well with awkward scenes between his teenage daughter and he. I would rate Taken a solid 9 out of 10, but for this scale I'll round up to 5 stars. Its not necessarily a must see movie, but its an action film that is extremely well done and likely won't disappoint most viewers.

Great movie! Action packed, a must see

Liam Neeson plays a retired United States government government agent whose daughter is kidnapped by a "White Slavery/International prostitution ring, unaware of who her father is. The movie starts off a little slow and Neeson gives the impression of being another exhusband that has had his nuts cut off by the ex.

Once the daughter is kidnapped both Neeson and the movie come to life. Never under estimate the power of a father's love. Neeson uses his acquired skills as a spy to find his daughter and destroy half of Europe in the process. Like most current action movies you have to suspend reality and just enjoy the chase and the killings. Some good fight scenes and a few moral dilemmas.