Taken is a 2008 French thriller/action film starring Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen, and Maggie Grace. It is based on a script by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen, and directed by Pierre Morel.
Bryan Mills(Neeson)is a retired CIA agent who sets about tracking down his teenage daughter Kim(Maggie Grace) after she was kidnapped by slave traders while traveling on a vacation in Europe.
As of February 1, 2009 the film has grossed an estimated $24,625,000 in the United States and $93,457,003 worldwide.
Dan Kois of the Washington Post described the film as "a satisfying thriller as grimly professional as its efficient hero" and likens the action to the Bourne series.