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Taken

Year:
Duration:
93 min
Genres:
Action | Thriller
IMDB rate:
7.9
Director:
Pierre Morel
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination
Details
Country: France
Release Date: 2009-01-30
Filming Locations: Avenue des Champs-Élysées, Paris 8, Paris, France
Earnings
Budget: $25,000,000
Opening Weekend: $24,717,037 (USA) (1 February 2009)
Gross: $145,000,989 (USA) (5 July 2009)
Cast
Actor
Character
Liam Neeson
Bryan Mills
Maggie Grace
Kim
Leland Orser
Sam
Jon Gries
Casey
David Warshofsky
Bernie
Xander Berkeley
Stuart
Olivier Rabourdin
Jean-Claude
Gérard Watkins
St-Clair
Famke Janssen
Lenore
Marc Amyot
Pharmacist
Arben Bajraktaraj
Marko
Radivoje Bukvic
Anton
Mathieu Busson
Undercover Agent
Michel Flash
Gio
Nicolas Giraud
Peter
Rubens Hyka
Leka
Camille Japy
Isabelle
Valentin Kalaj
Vinz
Fani Kolarova
Prostitute
Goran Kostic
Gregor
Christophe Kourotchkine
Gilles
Edwin Kruger
Jean-Claude's Assistant (as Edwin Krüger)
Jalil Naciri
Ali
Anca Radici
Ingrid
Nathan Rippy
Victor
Tommy Spahija
Nezir
Anatole Taubman
Dardan
Bertrand Treuil
Taxi Driver
Opender Singh
Singh
Christy Reese
Paper Shop Clerk
George Hertzberg
Security Stuart's Mansion
Nabil Massad
Sheik Raman
Ivette Gonzalez
Maid
Don Abernathy
Airport Traveler
Sophie Chamoux
Bit part (uncredited)
Michael Finn
Airport Pilot (uncredited)
Dan Flood
Airport Traveler
Katrina Forrest
Maid
Jean-Yves Freyburger
Waiter (uncredited)
Steve Janousek
Party Guest (uncredited)
Sid Karne
Police Officer (uncredited)
Christina Alice Schmidt
Party Friend (uncredited)
Tamara Witmer
Prostitute
Did you know?
Trivia
Former Special Air Service (SAS) soldier Mick Gould trained Liam Neeson in combatives and weapons handling skills to prepare him for the role.
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In a scene, Jean Claude (Olivier Rabourdin) is telling the story of Little Red Riding Hood to his two children. Little Red Riding Hood has been used as a lesson to children to never trust strangers who might wish to harm them. It has also been used as a warning against prostitution. Both themes appear in the film.
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The most famous line in the film: "I will look for you, I WILL find you and I will KILL you."
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Goofs
When Bryan, Kim, and Lenore are in the restaurant, the amount of cream and the position of the cherries on the milkshake change between shots.
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When Kim makes a phone call just before getting kidnapped, she describes the man as having a beard. When Bryan hears this recording on the plane, it's changed to mustache, and again in a later scene when Bryan is listening to the recording it's beard.
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Brian drives a 2004 Nissan Sentra, yet the interior of his car does not match that of a 2004-2006 Sentra.
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Quotes
Bryan: Wake up! I need you to be focused!
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Jean Claude: Just like the old days.
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Bryan: I push one button and 38 agents are here before you have time to scratch your worthless balls.
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Faq
Q
How much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie?
A
For detailed information about the amounts and types of (a) sex and nudity, (b) violence and gore, (c) profanity, (d) alcohol, drugs, and smoking, and (e) frightening and intense scenes in this movie, consult the IMDb Parents Guide for this movie. The Parents Guide for Taken can be found here.
Q
Is "Taken" based on a book?
A
Taken is an original script by French film-maker Luc Besson and American screenwriter Robert Mark Kamen. Two sequels followed: Taken 2 (2012) and Taken 3 (2015).
Q
Why did the kidnappers keep Amanda but not Kim?
A
When Marko (Arben Bajraktaraj) is being interrogated by Bryan, he says that Kim was a virgin and that they don't deal with virgins, so they sold her to a man named Patrice Saint-Clair because virgins fetch a very high price. St. Clair's client turns out to be a sheik (Nabil Massad) who has a penchant for deflowering young girls.
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