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Taken (2-Disc Extended Cut w/Digital Copy)(Blu-ray)

I Will Find You. I Will Kill You.

Features: Unrated, English, French, Spanish, Subtitled, Dubbed

Prepare to get Taken for the ride of your life! "Liam Neeson is an unstoppable force" (Premiere) in this action-packed international thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat from start to finish. When his estranged teenage daughter (Maggie Grace) is kidnapped in Paris, a former spy (Neeson) sets out to find her at any cost. Relying on his special skills, he tracks down the ruthless gang that abducted her and launches a one-man war to bring them to justice and rescue his daughter.

"A satisfying thriller as grimly professional as its efficient hero."  Dan Kois, The Washington Post
"...moves so fast and with such single-minded, vindictive energy, there's no time for moral ambivalence."  Josh Rosenblatt, Austin Chronicle
"I won't tell you Taken is great, but it's great fun."  Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
"...after Neeson starts his hunt and does his best wrath-of-God impression, it doesn't skip a beat."  Patrick Parker, Premiere
"...[the action] is crisp and fast, with a minimum of computer enhancement..."  Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

Editor's Note

Liam Neeson is an unstoppable force in this adrenaline-fueled thriller from director Pierre Morel. Bryan (Neeson) has taken early retirement from the CIA in order to live closer to his teenage daughter, Kim (Maggie Grace). Bryan's government work kept him away from Kim for much of her childhood, and he's now trying to make up for lost time. When Kim announces that she's taking a trip to Paris with her friend Amanda (Katie Cassidy), Bryan is apprehensive about her traveling on her own. His worst fear is soon realized, as Kim and Amanda are abducted upon their arrival in France. Bryan immediately springs into action, using his well-honed CIA skills to piece together clues from a single, frantic phone call he received from Kim. He hops a plane to Paris, determined to rescue his daughter before she falls off the grid completely. With some help from his old CIA buddies, he tracks down the kidnappers--an Albanian crime ring known for selling young girls into the sex trade. He quickly takes matters into his own hands, plowing his way through Paris's underworld as the clock ticks down and the bullets fly. His search propels him into the upper echelons of a massive crime ring, putting him closer and closer to his beloved daughter.

Neeson is known for tackling extremely cerebral roles, so it is interesting to see him in full-on action-hero mode. In TAKEN he is no less than a crime-fighting machine--a Bourne/Bond hybrid with a deathly serious baritone. And while he spends most of the film firing Uzis and snapping necks, he still manages to deliver a moving performance as an estranged father fighting for what he loves most in the world. The film undeniably owes a lot to Neeson's acting chops. He manages to raise this rather thinly plotted, deeply violent film a bar above your typical action fare.

Features

	Extended Cut Seamlessly Branched
	Audio Commentary With Director Pierre Morel, Cinematographer Michel Abramowicz, & Michel Julienne
	Audio Commentary With Writer Robert Mark Kamen
	Audio: English DTS HD 5.1 Surround Sound
	Audio: French, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound
	Black OPS Field Manual
	Dubbed: French, Spanish
	Featurettes: Le Making Of, Inside Action - 6 Side By Side Comparisons, & Avant Premiere
	Includes A Digital Copy Of The Film For Portable Media Players!
	Interactive Menus
	Scene Selection
	Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
	This Is A Blu-Ray DVD Made For Blue-Laser Format Players Which Produce Higher Quality Picture & Sound

Technical Info

Release Information
	Studio: Foxvideo
	Release Date: 5/12/2009
	Running Time: 90 minutes
	Original Release Date: 2009
	Catalog ID: 2255469
	UPC: 00024543554691
	Number of Discs: 1
Audio & Video
	Video: Color
Aspect Ratio
	Widescreen 2.40:1

Cast & Crew

	Leland Orser
	Liam Neeson
	David Warshofsky
	Jon Gries
	Nathan Rippy
	Famke Janssen
	Xander Berkeley
	Maggie Grace
	Holly Valance
	Katie Cassidy
	Michel Abramowicz - Director of Photography
	Luc Besson - Producer
	Luc Besson - Screenwriter
	Nathaniel Mechaly - Composer
	Robert Mark Kamen - Screenwriter
	Pierre Morel - Director