<P> Taken is a 2008 English - language French action thriller film directed by Pierre Morel, written by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen, and starring Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Leland Orser, Jon Gries, David Warshofsky, Holly Valance, Katie Cassidy, Xander Berkeley, Olivier Rabourdin, Gérard Watkins, and Famke Janssen . </P> <P> Neeson plays a former CIA operative named Bryan Mills who sets about tracking down his teenage daughter Kim and her best friend Amanda after the two girls are kidnapped by Albanian human traffickers for sexual slavery while traveling in France . The film grossed more than $226 million . Numerous media outlets have cited the film as a turning point in Neeson's career that redefined and transformed him to an action film star . A sequel, Taken 2, was released on 5 October 2012, and a third and final film, Taken 3, was released on 9 January 2015, making this the first instalment in the Taken trilogy . </P> <P> Retired CIA field agent Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) attempts to build a closer relationship with his shy daughter, Kim (Maggie Grace), who lives with her mother Lenore (Famke Janssen) and her wealthy stepfather Stuart (Xander Berkeley). While overseeing security at a concert for pop star Sheerah (Holly Valance), Bryan saves her from an armed attacker . Out of gratitude, Sheerah offers to have Kim assessed as a singer . Before Bryan can tell Kim, she asks her father for permission to travel to Paris with her best friend Amanda (Katie Cassidy). He initially refuses, but eventually agrees after Lenore persuades him . At the airport, he learns the girls are actually planning to follow the band U2 during their European tour . </P> <P> Upon arriving at Charles de Gaulle International Airport, Kim and Amanda meet Peter (Nicolas Giraud), a Parisian local whose taxi sharing habits act as a ruse to learn more about them . Kim and Amanda go to Amanda's cousins' apartment, only for Kim to find that the cousins are in Spain . While Kim makes a call to her father, she witnesses Amanda being abducted in the living room . Kim follows her father's instructions to hide in a bedroom and listen closely . After she is dragged out from underneath the bed, Kim yells a description of her abductor . Bryan then hears a person breathing heavily, and suspects that one of the abductors has picked up the phone . Bryan then states that if they release his daughter, he will not go after the kidnappers, but warns them that failure will result in a hunt wherein death is an outcome . A man with an Albanian accent answers "Good luck ." </P>

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