Taken

I don't have a heck of a lot to say about Taken. Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) is a former CIA kind of guy who has retired so that he can spend more time with his daughter Kim (Maggie Grace). At first you kind of get the impression that she is roughly 7 to 9 years old. Then he gets to her birthday party and you see that she is turning 17. However, when they bring out a horse for her and she jumps up and down, runs over to it, and jumps on she totally looks like a 7 year old and continues to act like one throughout. She runs everywhere with arms and legs flailing. It really makes me wonder.

And now back to the actual plot. Kim really wants to go to France with her friend and eventually her dad agrees even though he is worried about her. She goes and while on the phone with her father she sees her friend get TAKEN (hey, there's the title) and then she gets taken as well. Bryan immediately goes all CIA on the kidnappers. He finds out that the people who took her are going to sell her into the sex trade and he has 72 hours before it is a hopeless search.

Neeson kicks some ass and is involved in a few car chases that seem to be missing something (not sure if it was the editing or music or what, but they were kind of boring). Eventually he finds his daughter and all is well. Aww, how nice.

Taken gets one kernel - Liam Neeson is alright in the movie, but you might as well wait until you happen to see it on tv.