---
title: 'Taken (2008)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Pierre Morel'
released: '2008-02-27'
runtime_minutes: 93
certification: 'PG-13'
genres:
  - 'Action'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'France'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/taken-2008'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0936501/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Taken (2008)

2008 · PG-13 · 93 min · Action, Crime, Thriller · United Kingdom, France, United States

Part of: Taken

## Synopsis

Taken is a 2008 English-language French action-thriller film directed by Pierre Morel and written by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen. It stars Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Leland Orser, Jon Gries, David Warshofsky, Katie Cassidy, Holly Valance and Famke Janssen. In the film, Bryan Mills, an ex-CIA officer, sets out to track down his teenage daughter Kim and her best friend Amanda after they are kidnapped by Albanian human traffickers while on vacation in France.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Pierre Morel](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-morel)
- **Screenplay:** [Luc Besson](https://cinepixo.com/people/luc-besson), [Robert Mark Kamen](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-mark-kamen)
- **Producer:** [Luc Besson](https://cinepixo.com/people/luc-besson)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Nathaniel Méchaly](https://cinepixo.com/people/nathaniel-mechaly)
- **Director of Photography:** [Michel Abramowicz](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-abramowicz)
- **Editor:** [Frédéric Thoraval](https://cinepixo.com/people/frederic-thoraval)

## Cast

- [Arben Bajraktaraj](https://cinepixo.com/people/arben-bajraktaraj)
- [Nicolas Giraud](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicolas-giraud)
- [Anatole Taubman](https://cinepixo.com/people/anatole-taubman)
- [Holly Valance](https://cinepixo.com/people/holly-valance)
- [Katie Cassidy](https://cinepixo.com/people/katie-cassidy)
- [Liam Neeson](https://cinepixo.com/people/liam-neeson) as Bryan Mills
- [Jalil Naciri](https://cinepixo.com/people/jalil-naciri)
- [Gérard Watkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerard-watkins)
- [Maggie Grace](https://cinepixo.com/people/maggie-grace) as Kim Mills
- [David Warshofsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-warshofsky)
- [Alban Lenoir](https://cinepixo.com/people/alban-lenoir)
- [George Hertzberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-hertzberg)
- [Jon Gries](https://cinepixo.com/people/jon-gries)
- [Leland Orser](https://cinepixo.com/people/leland-orser)
- [Olivier Rabourdin](https://cinepixo.com/people/olivier-rabourdin)

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Official site: https://www.20thcenturystudios.com/movies/taken
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