Taken (2008)

Director: Pierre Morel
Writer: Luc Besson, Robert Mark Karmen
Cast: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Leland Orser, Jon Gries, David Warshofsky, Holly Valance, Katie Cassidy
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller, Drama

I originally rated Taken as a nine. With repeated viewing and time to digest it hasn't managed to keep up, but it's still one of the most driven movies of its kind I've seen released in recent years. The motive is simple and the plot have been around for ever, but both are the kind that never gets out of fashion. Protect and rescue family and human trafficking.

It establishes the life of Liam Neeson's character well in the beginning of the movie, then the plot kicks in and everything goes fast from there. It's the kind of simple entertainment who only becomes great movies when they are done really well, and Luc Beeson and Robert Mark Kamen have written something nice which director Pierre Morel have liftet to an experience.