The seventeen year-old Kim is the pride and joy of her father, the retired agent Bryan Mills that left the secret service to stay near Kim in California. Kim lives with her mother Lenore and her wealthy stepfather Stuart; she convinces the reluctant Bryan to sign an authorization to travel to Paris with her friend Amanda. When they arrive, they share a cab with the stranger Peter and Amanda tells to him that they are alone in Paris. When Bryan succeeds in contacting his daughter, she tells that criminals have just break in the spot and they are kidnapped by an Albanese gang of human trafficking. Bryan promises in the phone to kill the kidnapper of his daughter and immediately travels to Paris to find Kim and chase the criminals.

If I have never told you about my Father you will hear it now. He is a genius. I admire him and learn a lot from him. He has thought me so much. I have his love for movies, and he pointed out to me how this movie kind of resembled the movie Man on Fire with Denzel Washington. Same scenario, girl kidnapped, Denzel goes on the warpath to find her. Although I liked how in Taken it got right into the action at the beginning, Liam Neeson started his rampage right off the start. In Man on Fire, Denzel doesn’t go “on fire” until the last 30 min. So kudos to Taken. I enjoy and recommend.
Luke’s Rating: **** (Out of 5)