Taken (franchise)
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 The DVD cover for the 3-film box set | |
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| Produced by | Luc Besson |
| Starring | Liam Neeson Maggie Grace Famke Janssen Leland Orser Jon Gries David Warshofsky |
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| Music by | Nathaniel Méchaly |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox (US) EuropaCorp (France and Worldwide) NBC |
Release date | 2008–2014 |
Running time | 294 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $119,000,000 |
| Box office | $929,451,015 |
Taken is a series of English-language French action-thriller films beginning with Taken in 2008. All three films feature Liam Neeson as Bryan Mills. A television series, set to serve as a prequel and starring Clive Standen as Bryan Mills, premiered in February 2017.
Films
Taken (2008)
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 (2014)
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.
Television
Taken (2017–present)
In September 2015, NBC ordered a prequel Taken television series depicting a young Bryan Mills.[1] In February 2016, Vikings actor Clive Standen was announced to play the young Bryan Mills, with Alex Carey as the showrunner.[2]
Characters and cast
| Characters | Films | Television series | ||
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| Taken (2008) |
Taken 2 (2012) |
Taken 3 (2014) |
Taken (2017-present) | |
| 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 and other
| 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) | ||
Reception
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 | [3] |
| Taken 2 | 7 September 2012 | 5 October 2012 | $139.854.287 | $236.287.019 | $376.141.306 | #318 | #219 | $46.000.000 | [4] |
| Taken 3 | 16 December 2014 | 9 January 2015 | $89.256.424 | $237.222.717 | $326.479.141 | #697 | #357 | $48.000.000 | [5][6] |
| Total | $373,827,507 | $555,339,315 | $929,451,015 | $119.000.000 | [7] | ||||
Critical and public response
| Film | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | CinemaScore |
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| Taken | 58% (167 reviews)[8] | 50 (31 critics)[9] | A−[10] |
| Taken 2 | 21% (163 reviews)[11] | 45 (35 critics)[12] | B+[10] |
| Taken 3 | 11% (105 reviews)[13] | 26 (30 critics)[14] | B+[10] |
References
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (17 September 2015). "'Taken' Prequel TV Series Ordered by NBC with Luc Besson Producing". Deadline.com. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ^ Ausiello, Michael (22 February 2016). "Clive Standen Joins NBC's Taken Series". TVLine. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ^ "Taken (2009)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
- ^ "Taken 2 (2012)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
- ^ "Taken 3 (2015)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
- ^ Lang, Brent (7 January 2015). "Box Office: Liam Neeson and 'Taken 3' to Unseat 'The Hobbit'". Variety. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
- ^ "Taken Franchise". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
- ^ "Taken (2009)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
- ^ "Taken (2009): Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
- ^ a b c "CinemaScore". CinemaScore. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
- ^ "Taken 2 (2012)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
- ^ "Taken 2 (2012): Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
- ^ "Taken 3 (2015)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
- ^ "Taken 3 (2015): Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
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