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The Taking

  • 2013
  • 1h 17m
IMDb RATING
1.8/10
907
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Lynnette Gaza, Alana Jackler, Terry Zumalt, Lynn Mastio Rice, Nicholas Hanson, Cezil Reed, Corrine Brush, Linda Kennedy, Lydelle Jackson, Tolu Oluwadiya, Olivia Szego, Frank Bliss, Gordon Price, Brian Jackson, Mia Elliott, John Halas, Leland Jackson, Travis Everett, Raquel Imes, Stefanie Truong, Jonathan Greger, Jolean Renee Kisner, Angela McCorkle, Katherine Mannherz, Samir Hafiz, Amir Solomon, Shawna Carl, Dan Bussanich, Daniel Lama, Walter Mannherz, Hien Truong, Lloyd Kim, Van Truong, Jason Frye, Rosemarie Stephens Booker, Katrin Boggan, Jennifer Marsden, Terry Harden, and Chris Matheny in The Taking (2013)
Two strangers must discover a way to escape a sinister family who wishes to sacrifice their souls to an evil presence.
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Two strangers must discover a way to escape a sinister family who wishes to sacrifice their souls to an evil presence.Two strangers must discover a way to escape a sinister family who wishes to sacrifice their souls to an evil presence.Two strangers must discover a way to escape a sinister family who wishes to sacrifice their souls to an evil presence.

  • Directors
    • Cezil Reed
    • Lydelle Jackson
  • Writers
    • Lydelle Jackson
    • Cezil Reed
  • Stars
    • John Halas
    • Alana Jackler
    • Lynnette Gaza
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    1.8/10
    907
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Cezil Reed
      • Lydelle Jackson
    • Writers
      • Lydelle Jackson
      • Cezil Reed
    • Stars
      • John Halas
      • Alana Jackler
      • Lynnette Gaza
    • 42User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination total

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    John Halas
    John Halas
    • Carl Young
    Alana Jackler
    • Jade
    Lynnette Gaza
    Lynnette Gaza
    • The Grandmother
    Linda Kennedy
    • Carolina
    • (as Linda Rodriguez)
    Frank Bliss
    • Marilyn's Killer
    Lynn Mastio Rice
    • The Mother
    Olivia Szego
    • Marilyn
    Gordon Price
    • The Father
    Katrin Boggan
    • Dead Body
    Corrine Brush
    • Woman
    Dan Bussanich
    • Dark Whispers
    • (voice)
    Shawna Carl
    • Dead Body
    • (voice)
    Mia Elliott
    • Bloody Child
    Travis Everett
    • Man Dog
    Jason Frye
    • Dead Body
    Jonathan Greger
    • Dead Body
    Samir Hafiz
    • Dead Body
    Nicholas Hanson
    • Shane
    • Directors
      • Cezil Reed
      • Lydelle Jackson
    • Writers
      • Lydelle Jackson
      • Cezil Reed
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    User reviews42

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    1palms-872-684706

    Awful beginning to end.

    This "film" is simply dreadful. I won't drag this out. Terrible writing, directing, acting. Terrible scenes, production, makeup. They probably had terrible food on set too. There is not one single thing to like in this "film". I felt raped.

    Pay attention to the reviews here. You'll see 2 or 3 blazing good reviews. If you notice they know people involved by their first names and it's obvious that the reviewers either worked on the "film" and/or are trolls.

    This is one of the worst to come a long in a while. It's so bad that it can't even be made fun of for a laugh. It's bad enough to make you angry.
    1evazeroki

    Really?

    You know what's funny? I watched exactly 10 mins and 42 seconds of this movie before I paused it and searched it on IMDb. In this comment section I found that 11 mins was about average for quitting.

    Don't get me wrong, I am a fan of movies that do horror differently, and I am very open to artistic development of motion picture. But seriously, this tries way to hard to copy something good and still fails the test. I've been more interested in the beginning of children's movies than this movie, and I can say with full confidence that I have never sat down intending to watch a certain movie and quit like this. In fact, if I start watching a movie, it really bothers me if I don't watch it from the beginning and don't finish it, regardless its really good or really bad. Even to the point of not even going to the theatre if I am more than 5 mins past the start of the movie; I consider myself a cinemaphile. But this is not cinema, it's a crummy redbox rental that just sits on your table for 3 days and that you give the company money to take back.
    1fluffchop

    Unequivocally the "worst movie ever"

    When IMDb used to have a forum section for each movie, people would often make the clichéd "Worst movie ever" post. I challenge anyone who ever made such a post to compare whatever movie they were writing about to this one.

    There are no redeeming features in this film except for the tittle and genre. It is across the board awful. The dialog is atrocious. The score is horrible. The script is nonexistent.

    I can't fathom how this could ever have been made let alone distributed. It can only be because it's a great title for a horror film. Anyone who actually watched it would just be dumbfounded at what they had just seen.
    1Toltex

    Difficult to watch for more that ten minutes

    I only managed about 10 mins then had to switch it off, its all flashing imagery, strange symbolism and weird sound effects. IMHO 77 minutes is far too long to endure it all, perhaps it would of been more bearable if it was a short Film. This won't go down well, with your average Horror audience and unless your a film student, critic or well into art house, this probably will annoy the hell out of you with all the sound effects and flashing imagery, and will go straight over the head of most Horror fans. So if you are into horror don't look at its rating and think that you might enjoy this, do yourself a favour, save your money and go and rent something that you will actually enjoy. I give it 1 out of 10 and that's only because i cant give it a zero. When i wrote this its rating was a lot higher, i think about 6.5.
    1charbx-creation

    So doge, wow, so amaze, such honesty, please stop

    The two first troll reviews made my day seriously. This movie is not even worth downloading or watching stream, just burn all the original copies of it and throw the ashes in a pit in the middle of a desert.

    Stop making movies like this, thank you, just by watching the trailer i knew this movie would be a joke filmed with a potato and carrots actors.

    Wasted 9 minutes of my life on this majestic blaspheme to the art of cinematography.

    Reported.

    Seriously, i can't even breath anymore, this is too funny, reading the two first comments bellow make this while thing a pure joke, i really hope for them these are troll comments and not member of the production of this Potato movie trying to make it look good even if they won't food anyone. Certainly not IMDb community. :')

    Garlic Bread -laugh-

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    • Release date
      • April 13, 2013 (Australia)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Улов
    • Filming locations
      • Manassas, Virginia, USA
    • Production company
      • BAPart Films
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    • Budget
      • $13,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 17 minutes
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    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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