 Taken
Starring: Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen, Maggie Grace, Goran Kostic, Katie Cassidy
Directed by: Pierre Morel
Screenplay by: Luc Besson
Release Date: January 23, 2009
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of violence, disturbing thematic material, sexual content, some drug references and language.
Studio: 20th Century Fox
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 What could be worse for a father than to sit helplessly on the end of a cellphone connection as his daughter is abducted? That's the nightmare that becomes reality for Bryan, a former secret agent, who has a only few hours to grab Kim back from a fearsome gang that specializes in selling young women. The first problem Bryan has to solve is that he's in Los Angeles and Kim was taken in Paris...
An Interview With Pierre Morel
Before you started shooting Taken, what lessons did you bear in mind from your directorial debut, Banlieue 13?
If there's one thing both films - which are driven in radically different ways - have in common, it's the rhythm of the action. Banlieue 13 was based purely on action, which had to be extremely efficient. Even if the narrative in Taken required a more sensitive approach, the action scenes also had to work as efficiently as possible, so that the audience gets breathlessly swept up in Bryan's hunt.
Is it on the set or in the editing suite that you ensure the movie constantly gathers pace?
Even though a lot hinges on the editing, the rhythm has to be there when you're shooting. If it's not, there's no second chance. I always ask the actors keep up a high tempo and to be as realistic as possible.
Taken constantly flirts with the codes of the genre, starting with the lead character - Bryan is more has-been than James Bond.
Sure, what's interesting about the character is that he's fragile, a bit out of the loop. Despite his past as a secret services operative - that we learn about quite late in the movie - he's not sure how to act as a father, and that flaw is particularly important for the movie's development.
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