Saw it tonight. It's been out in theaters since last week, and has an 8.0 on IMDB.

I must say, I was very impressed. It's not the most logical, perfect movie, but given the sheer pace and brutality of what Liam Neeson's character does (an ex-CIA operative...A brutal James Bond if you will) makes for a great movie.

Once Maggie Graces' character is 'Taken', the movie seems to never let go of the suspense. One of the few movies that was about 80% action/thriller and very little filler.

Definate must-see for any action movie fan.

My favorite scenes:

Shootout at the semi-abandoned apartment complex (where he meets up with Kim's actual captor/ransomer) is awesome. Liam takes out 4 guys in the room, and hides under a corpse. When further baddies walk into the room, he starts dishing out the lead from an impervious position.

Torture scene ala 24 was fairly neat....He ends up killing the guy via electroshock.

The last set piece, the boat, was a brutal firefight. Especially when he hides behind the door, and pops up and does a 1-round headshot on one of the security guards.

I'd give the movie around an 8.0. Entertaining, and very enjoyable. May take my dad & brother to go see it.

funny you ask, i just rented "taken" Tonight. really good movie.

It came out in theaters last Friday. Must be a different Taken.

It looked good to me. I may see it. Just have to find a cinema around campus though.

For this type of movie, RT was fairly kind to it, considering it barely got below rotten.

Neeson is one of the best actors of our time, and without a doubt this movie will at least be worth a watch, simply because he is in it.

no interest until the movie did so well in the box office.
And of course this thread - might go check it out.

i think i will get the DVD, it came out in theaters about 5 months ago here in UK lol

Definately an entertaining movie. As mentioned earlier in the thread, Liam Neeson is certainly one of the greatest actors of our time.

Just a correction though, Famke Jansen was actually playing the mother of the girl who was taken. Maggie Grace played the role of the girl who was taken.

Woops, sorry about that. Will edit.