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Taken
Pierre Morel's Taken (20th Century Fox, 9.18.08) is a thriller about an ex-spook (Liam Neeson) using his espionage skills to save his estranged daughter (Maggie Grace) from baddies who've kidnapped her and sold her into the slave trade. A rescue is necessary because once a beautiful young woman has been abducted and sold, she has no choice but to do what she's been told to do, and is of course powerless to attempt an escape on her own.
Posted by Jeffrey Wells on June 20, 2008 at 12:56 PM
comment #1
CinemaPhreek
says ...
does anyone else have problems with Firefox after attempting to watch embedded videos on Hollywood Elsewhere?
Every damn time now. I have to restart and look for the vids via Google.
Posted by CinemaPhreek
at June 20, 2008 1:51 PM
comment #2
Redmond
says ...
CinemaPhreek, no problem here, but I have noticed that Firefox 3 does behave a little weird. I don't want to say choppy, but something is off.
Posted by Redmond
at June 20, 2008 1:54 PM
comment #3
Undercover Brother
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TAKEN - Starring Liam Neeson as Harrsion Ford!
Posted by Undercover Brother
at June 20, 2008 1:55 PM
comment #4
CinemaPhreek
says ...
Not being able to see the trailer, don't know if this is mentioned:
This is the director of District B13, his follow up to that. Written by TRANSPORTER duo Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen (Besson also wrote District B13 I keep forgetting)
Bad sign though: apparently it has been cut from the versions already playing in France and Korea in order to get a PG-13 rating.
Posted by CinemaPhreek
at June 20, 2008 2:02 PM
comment #5
Balerion
says ...
Reminds me a little bit of Man on Fire. Could be a fun confection, I suppose.
Posted by Balerion
at June 20, 2008 2:05 PM
comment #6
cinefan
says ...
Not a fan of Maggie Grace - she's always bland in whatever she's in, including the remake of The Fog and Lost, which made a wise decision to kill her off early in its run.
Posted by cinefan
at June 20, 2008 2:06 PM
comment #7
Mark
says ...
To defend themselves against the finger wagging of the Jeffrey Wells of the world, the wrtiers should have taken a cue from Ron Howard's The Missing. Have the subject girl capable and determined enough to escape on her own, only to be undermined after trying to save an even stupidier girl of less merit.
Posted by Mark
at June 20, 2008 2:10 PM
comment #8
Aladdin Sane
says ...
Re Firefox 3, go turn off any addons that you don't deem necessary. I did that and it's been running smoother.
As for the trailer, I like it. It'd be nice to see Neeson not playing the mentor figure and kicking ass. If it's not rated R though, why bother? Guess there's always DVD.
Posted by Aladdin Sane
at June 20, 2008 2:37 PM
comment #9
LexG
says ...
MAGGIE GRACE OWNS YOUR ASS.
KNOW IT.
BOW TO THE HOTNESS.
BOW.
Posted by LexG
at June 20, 2008 2:49 PM
comment #10
UnChien
says ...
Banlieu 13 was my second walkout ever. 15 minutes was all I could take.
Morel won't get more cash from me.
Posted by UnChien
at June 20, 2008 3:20 PM
comment #11
Griff
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Sounds very similar to Mamet's underseen "Spartan" with Val Kilmer.
Posted by Griff
at June 20, 2008 4:53 PM
comment #12
lipranzer
says ...
This is the third time Famke Janssen's played a mother of a kidnapped child (GINGERBREAD MAN and DON'T SAY A WORD being the other two).
Posted by lipranzer
at June 20, 2008 8:44 PM
comment #13
actionman
says ...
Morel did a stylish job with District B13
The PG-13'ing of this film blows goat
Posted by actionman
at June 20, 2008 9:36 PM
comment #14
Spacesheik
says ...
This film was released in europe ages ago and was 18 - it wasnt very good from what i heard.
Who wants a pg13 version here?
Posted by Spacesheik
at June 21, 2008 3:36 AM
comment #15
JTag
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PG-13?!! The international trailers alone show how much the movie is hardcore rated R material. Isn't that the basic draw for this film - Liam Neeson going all Charles Bronson.
And I don't care if Famke Janssen is repeating herself - anything that keeps her on the big screen is fine by me.
Posted by JTag
at June 21, 2008 9:19 AM
comment #16
hatchetface
says ...
CinemaPhreek, I had the same problem and it's not Firefox 2 or 3, it's Adobe flash's plug-in for the browser. If you go to the Adobe site and download the beta of Flash Player 10 it will fix all this nonsense. Very frustrating problem.
Posted by hatchetface
at June 23, 2008 12:29 PM
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