Taken

Bryan was a spy for the governement and his wife Leonore and his daughter Kim left him, because he never was at home. Leonore married a rich man who has apparently a lot of time and money for her and her daughter, even though Leonore seems to be still in love with Bryan. The movie starts very much on the birthday of Kim who becomes 17. And soon after she and her best friend want to make a trip to Paris. Bryan is of course very suspicious, because Leonore and Kim don´t know anything about the bad world outside, Kim and her friend are only 17 and too young, and so on. But well, Kim gets the signature she needs from him to make her trip, and guess what, as soon as they arrive in Paris they meet the wrong people and get kiddnapped by slave traders. And now the movie starts to become interessting. Bryan uses all his skills he was trained to have for his further spy job, and promises to find the kidnappers. And he goes his way without compromising and we have no doubt that he will do anything and he really does anything. From here on the plot is very realistic, far away from beautiful pictures and dream-reality young enlsaved prostitudes are shown, under drugs not councious about their environment or not capable to fight anymore. The fury of a father is shown, who has nothing in mind but to fnd his daughter. Very convincing. Really. But the end is again a bit Hollywood-like. So women in the world, never travel alone, never let your daughter travel alone, be scared of men,.... This bores me. But appart from this the film is absolutly worth watching and Liam Neeson is proving his authentic abilities as a actor.