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Taken (2009)

Reviewed by Owen Gleiberman | Jan 29, 2009

Owen Gleiberman

Owen Gleiberman is a film critic for EW

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EW's GRADE

C+

Details Release Date: Jan 30, 2009; Rated: R; Length: 93 Minutes; Genre: Thriller; With: Maggie Grace and Liam Neeson

Image credit: Stephanie Branchu

Locked and Loaded Liam Neeson takes aim in Taken

In the propulsively outlandish thriller Taken (it's like Paul Schrader's 1979 Hardcore with no brain and more muscle), Liam Neeson plays a retired CIA agent out to find his daughter, who has been abducted by an Albanian sex trafficker. Throwing knock-'em-dead punches, Neeson — a hulk with jackknife limbs — makes Jason Bourne look like a man of tired reflexes. He pierces the underworld of sex trafficking so efficiently it's as if he'd set out to nab Osama bin Laden...and found him in 36 hours. C+

Originally posted Jan 29, 2009 Published in issue #1034 Feb 13, 2009 Order article reprints

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