“I don’t know who you are. I don’t know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don’t have any money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my daughter go now, that’ll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don’t, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you,” states Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) in the new cinematic thriller, “Taken.”
By Stephanie Wytovich
Staff Writer
“I don’t know who you are. I don’t know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don’t have any money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my daughter go now, that’ll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don’t, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you,” states Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) in the new cinematic thriller, “Taken.”
“Taken,” directed by Pierre Morel, is a suspenseful, chilling movie about the abduction of seventeen year old, Kim Mills (Maggie Grace) on vacation in Paris. Leaving the sunny weather of her hometown in California, Kim lies to her dad, Bryan (Liam Neeson), about the whereabouts of the trip she is taking with her best friend Amanda (Katie Cassidy).
Despite Bryan’s ill feelings towards the trip, infused by years of protective service to the government, he hesitantly consents to the trip to try to stitch up a battered relationship due to his absence during her childhood. The conditions of her trip were simple: call him as soon as she gets to the airport, as soon as she lands, and before she goes to bed every night.
When the girls land in Paris, they bump into a suave man named Peter, who generously offers to share a cab with the girls due to the pricey cost. When they reach where they are staying, Peter invites them to a party, and slyly gets their address and whereabouts. Fifteen minutes later, while Kim is on the phone with her dad, she witness Amanda get abducted from the window across the street, and then watches the men come after her.
“Taken” is a fast-moving, energetic film that will keep you on the edge of your seat while you become engaged in Bryan Mills’ search for his daughter. Determined, and fueled by rage, he combs Paris and pulls every resource he has to dig up information, and kill anyone that gets in his way. I would definitely recommend this movie to anyone who likes a heart-racing, action packed movie, and is a sucker for intense fight scenes and a sap for the horrors of reality. “Taken” will take you to places you have never seen before, and while I cannot guarantee you will not be afraid, I am willing to bet that you will be enticed and captivated to the screen in front of you.