FAQ

No, she's a care free, somewhat naïve teenager.

Retired CIA operative Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) reluctantly allows his 17-year-old daughter Kim (Maggie Grace) to fly to Paris with her girlfriend Amanda (Katie Cassidy). Not more than a few hours after landing in Paris, Kim and Amanda are kidnapped by Albanian sex-traders. Bryan immediately hops on a flight to Paris in order to track down his daughter, vowing to stop at nothing to get her back.

Taken is an original script by French film-maker Luc Besson and American screenwriter Robert Mark Kamen. Two sequels followed: L'Enlèvement 2 (2012) and L'Enlèvement 3 (2014).

Obviously the sequels, L'Enlèvement 2 (2012) and L'Enlèvement 3 (2014). Taken is most often compared to Commando (1985), in which a retired army commando will stop at nothing to find his kidnapped daughter, and to L'homme en feu (2004), in which the ex-CIA operative bodyguard of a young girl searches relentlessly for her when she is kidnapped. There's also L'étranger (2017), in which a man seeks the people responsible for his daughter's death after she's killed in a terrorist bombing. Obviously, you could check out Neeson's other action thrillers; L'agence tous risques (2010), Hors de moi (2011), Sans arrêt (2014), Entre les tombes (2014), Une nuit pour survivre (2015), Dernier arrêt (2018), and Poursuite de sang-froid (2019). If you're into South Korean cinema, you could check out Ajeossi (2010) (The Man from Nowhere), which is very similar to Taken in many aspects. The Norwegian film Refroidis (2014) is a lot like Taken. Lastly, the film Rambo: La dernière mission (2019) is similar to Taken.

There are three versions. The first is the international cut, released as an "Extended Cut" (unrated) on home media in the US, and as an "Extended Harder Cut" (with an "18" classification) on home media in the UK. The second is the UK cut, which is nearly identical to the international cut, with the sole exception of the torture scene (the clamps are attached to the chair in the UK cut; in the international cut, they're attached to nails which are stabbed into the man's legs), which was cut to secure a "15" classification. This cut was shown in theaters in the UK. Finally, the third version is the US cut, edited by 2 or 3 minutes to receive a PG-13 rating in the US. This cut was shown in theaters in the US.

There are three DVD releases in Region 1—(1) the Single-Disc Rental Exclusive, (2) the Single-Disc Extended Cut, and (3) the Two-Disc Digital Copy—and the Blu-ray release in Region A. In Region 2 / Region B, there are (1) the Extended Harder Cut DVD and (2) the Blu-ray disc.