Taken

2008 94 min Action, Thriller

Bryan Mills, a former government operative, is trying to reconnect with his teenage daughter Kim. After reluctantly agreeing with his ex-wife to let Kim go to Paris on vacation with a friend, his worst nightmare comes true. While on the phone with his daughter shortly after she arrives in Paris, she and her friend are abducted by a gang of human traffickers. Working against the clock, Bryan relies on his extensive training and skills to track down the ruthless gang that abducted her and launch a one-man war to rescue his daughter.

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IMDb 7.7 RT 60 Metacritic 51

budget $25,000,000 earnings $226,830,568 return 9.1x

director Pierre Morel

writers Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen

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