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Taken is a series of English-language French action films beginning with Taken in 2008. The dialogue of all three films is primarily English, and all three feature Liam Neeson as Bryan Mills. The first film received mixed reviews from critics but a positive response from audiences, but the two sequels were negatively received. The series grossed a combined $929 million worldwide.
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| Produced by | Luc Besson |
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| Music by | Nathaniel Méchaly |
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Production company | EuropaCorp Canal+ M6 Films NBC |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox (English territories) EuropaCorp (France and Worldwide) NBC |
Release date | 2008–2014 |
Running time | 294 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $119 million |
| Box office | $929.5 million |
A television series is based on a similar storyline and stars Clive Standen as Bryan Mills, premiered in February 2017.
Screenplay
Taken (2009)
A retired CIA operative named Bryan Mills crosses the globe to rescue his 17-year-old daughter after she is kidnapped by a group of Albanian human traffickers and sold into sexual slavery while traveling in France.
Taken 2 (2012)
Mafia boss and terrorist Murad, the father of Marko, whom Bryan had killed by electrocution in the first film of the trilogy, plans to capture Bryan, who is vacationing with his family in Istanbul, and avenge his son's death.
Taken 3 (2015)
Bryan has been framed for the murder of his ex-wife, Lenore. He then sets out to clear his name by going after the real killers, while also eluding capture from U.S. authorities for which he formerly worked.
Taken (2017–2018)
In September 2015, NBC ordered a Taken television series depicting a young Bryan Mills. In February 2016, Vikings actor Clive Standen was announced to play the young Bryan Mills, with Alex Carey as the showrunner.
| Characters | Films | Television series | ||
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| Taken | Taken 2 | Taken 3 | Taken | |
| 2008 | 2012 | 2014 | 2017–2018 | |
| Bryan Mills | Liam Neeson | Clive Standen | ||
| Kim Mills | Maggie Grace | |||
| Lenore "Lenny" Mills-St. John | Famke Janssen | |||
| Sam Gilroy | Leland Orser | Michael Irby | ||
| Mark Casey | Jon Gries | James Landry Hebert | ||
| Bernie Harris | David Warshofsky | D. B. Sweeney | David Warshofsky | Jose Pablo Cantillo |
| Jean-Claude Pitrel | Olivier Rabourdin | |||
| Stuart St. John | Xander Berkeley | Dougray Scott | ||
| Sheerah | Holly Valance | |||
| Amanda | Katie Cassidy | |||
| Marko Hoxha | Arben Bajraktaraj | Photograph | ||
| Patrice Saint-Clair | Gérard Watkins | |||
| Murad Hoxha | Rade Šerbedžija | |||
| Jamie Conrad | Luke Grimes | |||
| Inspector Durmaz | Kevork Malikyan | |||
| Inspector Franck Dotzler | Forest Whitaker | |||
| Oleg Malankov | Sam Spruell | |||
| Jimmy | Jonny Weston | |||
| Detective Smith | Dylan Bruno | |||
| Detective Garcia | Don Harvey | |||
| Detective Johnson | Al Sapienza | |||
| Crew/Detail | Film | ||
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| Taken | Taken 2 | Taken 3 | |
| Director | Pierre Morel | Olivier Megaton | |
| Writer | Luc Besson Robert Mark Kamen | ||
| Producer | Luc Besson | ||
| Music | Nathaniel Méchaly | ||
| Running time | 93 minutes | 91 minutes | 108 minutes |
| Distributor | EuropaCorp (France) 20th Century Fox (US) | ||
Box office performance
| Film | Release date | Box office gross | Box office ranking | Budget | Reference(s) | ||||
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United States | North America | Other territories |
Worldwide | All time North America |
All time worldwide | |||
| Taken | 27 February 2008 | 30 January 2009 | $145.000.989 | $81.829.579 | $226.830.568 | #292 | #500 | $25.000.000 | |
| Taken 2 | 7 September 2012 | 5 October 2012 | $139.854.287 | $236.287.019 | $376.141.306 | #318 | #219 | $46.000.000 | |
| Taken 3 | 16 December 2014 | 9 January 2015 | $89.256.424 | $237.222.717 | $326.479.141 | #697 | #357 | $48.000.000 | |
| Total | $373,827,507 | $555,339,315 | $929,451,015 | $119.000.000 | |||||
Critical and public response
| Film | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | CinemaScore |
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| Taken | 58% (169 reviews) | 50 (31 reviews) | A? |
| Taken 2 | 21% (165 reviews) | 45 (35 reviews) | B+ |
| Taken 3 | 12% (109 reviews) | 26 (30 reviews) | B+ |
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