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We’ve Got A Review Of TAKEN, That Liam Neeson/Luc Besson Film!
Hey, everyone. ”Moriarty” here.
I’m really curious about this one. Dug the trailer. Love Liam Neeson. And I think Luc Besson as a thriller/action producer is just plain great fun. And DISTRICT B13 was wicked, and this is the same director.
So will this one be any good?
Hi if you use this you can call me chandleyr.
Basically I’m French so if there is some mistakes in this text you could blame it on me being just another French guy who try too hard too speak English.
So let’s talk about the real deal. I just came back from an advance screenings of the new production of Luc Besson. It’s called TAKEN with Liam neesson in the lead. This is the second movie of Pierre Morel, the director of a movie called B13 ( banlieue 13 in france ).
I’m not gonna lie I think that b13 was a mixed bag. Full of good ideas, good direction but a bunch of really bad actors in the lead. They have all they need as sportsman but not as an actor. Does the second movie of Pierre Morel follow the same formula?
I’m not gonna lie HELL NO! This time Pierre morel has a lot of winning cards in his hand. First a good scripts ( yes it’s a basic one but it works) One hell of an actor That’s the freakin Darkman damn it! And also a pretty good demonstration of a simple fact Pierre Morel has a lot of talents and knows how to demonstrate it on screen.
What’s the story of TAKEN. Basically Liam Neeson is an ancient “black ops” (it’s never clear) and he has quit his job in order to get closer of his teenager daughter played by Maggie Grace from Lost. His daughter ask him if she can go to paris with a girlfriend , he refuse and finally accept. She goes to Paris and get kidnapped with her girlfriend by the Serbian mafia who want to sell her as a sex slave to the highest bidder. Basically this part of the story took almost the first 20 minutes and right from the moment where Neeson hang up the phone after the “live kidnapping” ( you will understand when you see it- but I think the trailer show that scene) all hell break loose.
If you want to compare TAKEN to a 80s movie the only one I see is “Commando” yeap. I know it could be hard to picture Neeson as a Schwarzennegger but trust me it works. His character is basically the angel of death, he has only one mission get his daughter back home in one piece. Which lead to a simple fact, you give him the answer he need and it will buy you some time before you die, you don’t give him that answer ok, he will torture you first and let you die anyway ( the torture sequence with the electricity…) . Nothing prepare you to the violence Neeson is about too unleashed in the middle of Paris. The movie has none of the gory violence of a movie like commando, but the violence is far more visceral. There’s a torture scene in the middle of the movie with electricity that made the entire room of spectators goes crazy. The really good thing is that you can relate to the character of Neeson, he’s not a 2d character you care about him and his quest. Which is a good way too make sure you tolerate all his excess. Basically it’s a good things that is character has substance because all the others actors in the movie fall in 2 cases: play figuration or get slashed, burn, electrify, shot in the head, shot in the mouth, crush by a car, get his throat slashed… and I can continue all night. TAKEN is like a old 80 movie with a good amount of violence ( pretty graphic but not shocking) an amazing character in the lead and a good director behind the camera. The only thing you could hope is that like the Transporter, TAKEN will get his sequel cause the character of Neeson really deserve it.
TAKEN is not a possible oscar nominated movie ( but that was never intended) but a really cool B movie that don’t loose times on useless moments and give you what you want. A good time. All in all a pleaseant surprise I wasn’t expecting. Besson and Neeson were present with the director in the room and the least I can say is the Darkman is an amazing actor and a man in real life with charisma and humility. Basically a great actor in front of the camera and a really nice guy off camera. I don’t know when it will go theatrical in your country but it deserve a watch if you got the chance.
Chandleyr from the saturdaygeekfeever
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Gosh!
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the fifth element is love
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I don't really like Luc, but Liam is the man, so I can't turn it down.
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I'm going to watch this, just because I love everyone who is involved with this project, and I enjoy what all of them put out...still...I felt that the trailer was a bit lame...but afterall it is just a trailer...
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"your a funny man, Sully, I promise to kill you last. .......I LIED!"
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ok what?
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Has this movie been picked up for a North American Release? I did some quick searching and there didn't seem to be any indication of anything outside a French Release later this month...
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"...is like sleeting warm buh-ter" Commando is one of the funniest movies ever made.
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Thanks for the review. It looks interesting.
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That's written in better English than most American HS kids could ever write! Trailer looked awesome.
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I'll only buy it if someone says, "Fahk Yew!" like Ah-nold did when he was captured in the beginning. That was classic Schwarzy in his hey-day! Who else could screw up Fuck You like our boy, Ah-nold?!
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My review made it on aintitcool^^ Thanks moriarty for posting it you just made my day ^^ I don't need a lot to be happy eh eh. Hope that if the movie goes theatrical in the states you will enjoy it.The darkman rules in it :)
www is the only thing missing in my signature link i forgot- my bad and it make the link invalid for now :(
Google me eh eh long lives to aicn. -
So confusing
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I'M THERE
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They worked out another deal with Besson and EuropaCorp.
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hey, i just want to watch liam kick some ass...he is great when he plays psycho
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Liam!I want a ticket right now!
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"Fuck you asshole!" (click, click) "Fuck you asshole!" (PUNCH) You can't get writing like that nowadays. COMMANDO RULES!
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God, that was cheesy.
I can't imagine there will be much similarity between Taken and Commando.
But good review, Chandlyr -
"put the knife away, and shut.....up". "I could kill these men like this (snaps fingers)".
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THIS IS SERIOUS YOU WANKERS!! THIS IS ABOUT KIDNAPPING!!! Something that needs to be treated with a bit more realism than 'oh well this is an EASY problem to solve, 'cos we got this non everyday unrealistic indestructible killing machine to save the day' so the real life ongoing tragedy that is kidnapping/slave trading that is happening right now to people who we love - is not gonna be a problem that you'd pay that much more attention to. I can do better Arnie impressions that you crappy losers anyway. So there!
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Calm Down, have some dip.
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"...and right now I'm very hungry!"
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FACK YU AUSHOULE
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but it was called "Man on Fire" back then.
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Someone had to say it.
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Wrong.
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TOOMAH, sorry.
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Talk about the movie here - OR GET OUT!!!!! haven't you got better things to say in the Taken thread - like the film Taken, itself? Bunch of boring geeky spotty wankers. I mean, don't you wanna discuss that even though Neeson is like so indestructible in this film, he rescues his daughter but only to sacrifice to himself as he dies later on from a an artery wound later on? I mean, don't you think that it raises questions about the form of vigalantisms and letting authority seek justice instead? What is the right thing to do? To think that the people who I know who worked on the film (graphic designers) were telling me about how the story had so many of the producers arguing about it's ethics, and that you mindless prats can only talk about Arnie lines instead, well it just SICKENS ME!!!!!! IT FUCKEN SICKENS ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Jeez dude, lighten the fuck up.Ethical arguments? Get a life. I can only say that if someone hurt/kidnapped/messed with my family then they would be fucking with their heartbeat and that goes for pretty much every red blooded father out there...Unfortunately there is a huge gap between what the authorities can do and what is required (at times). Get out into the real world (the one I live in anyway) and you might just see that. Sometimes the only "ethical" solution is to do the right thing regardless of the concequences.
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So, you'd kill? Is that what you're saying? What if the consequences of that action outweigh the rewards of that action itself? I mean, here we are talking about stuff like Commando which is all about a form of vigalantisms and cold blooded murder by Arnie and here you guys are all cheering for it with your quotes, ignoring Taken's similarities of the same kind of action and thinkings, but when you do pay attention to it, you seem to be 'applauding' Neeson's take on it. I wonder about the minds in this thread. You lot need to go into a corner sometimes and rethink your life.
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"Yeah, but they were all bad."
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Excuse me, Moronperson. Read my above post. Dick.
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File a grievance with Harry. Tell him that the talkbackers are off topic and you're having a hissy fit.
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No thanks. I fight my own battles, not run off to an Admin like a girly coward, like many others that I know. For the record, I wanna know what a mindless pratperson like yourself thinks about vigilantisms and the consequences of embracing violence, seeing as you so childishly mocked me with your Arnie line, which wasn't even good. If you really say that you'd kill people and that them being bad is an excuse for it, well put your money where your mouth is, and tell me why this is so? See? You can't? 'Cos you're a stupidperson.
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Stupid persons all of you. 'Get a life'. Don't tell me to get a life - you guys should get a life. Talking about taking one like it's no big deal. STUPID PERSONS!!!!!!!!!
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I'm gonna stop posting now, but not because you asked me to, but because you're really creeping me out, and I can tell you're not right in the head.
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I think I just came.
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Well if you don't wanna post here, why not click at the top of the AICN page where it says 'Zone' where you can take all your mindless drivel and then start posting in THE ZONE FORUM instead where all the other stupid persons like yourself are, and you can join them, and let some intelligence come into this place as a result. In fact, all you boring stupid people who can't discuss film or serious issues seriously, why don't you ALL log into the Zone? There you can talk shit about shit as long as you want! Then I can have an intelligent conversation with people here at last! STUPID PERSONS!!!!!
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And you, you stupid person, you can go back to the Zone too. Take some of these nincompoops with you while you're their. How dare you? How dare you mock my intelligent conversations? How dare you?
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"I'm here to get the girl back...
..and there is nothing I won't do..
..to get the girl back"
Stolen Girl. Sex Slavery. Operator. Rescue...I think Mamet did this movie in '04..think it was called SPARTAN. Think it was pretty good. Can't beat Kick Curry playin an aussie/israeli shooter. -
f'in Tilt phone.
"Do you wanna gossip or do you wanna shoot somebody?" -
You've got a lot of nerve showin your face around here
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Get your ass to Mars...whicka wik ..Get your ass to Mars...whicka wik.
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Feb 18, 2008 12:54:00 AM CST
Excuse me Maam but I am needing it!
by nomoredirtyjokespleaseweareyanks
Fuck you, you asshole!
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damn......wrong flick and actor.
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Feb 18, 2008 1:01:23 AM CST
Man, how many more cool Recall lines are there?
by nomoredirtyjokespleaseweareyanks
Two weeks,rarrarooraa....Twwooooo weeks.
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Feb 18, 2008 1:02:29 AM CST
What have you been feeding these things
by nomoredirtyjokespleaseweareyanks
Blondes.
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"What's wrong Dillon? CIA's got you pushing too many pencils?"
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Ruuuuuun. Get to da Chopaaaaaaaaa.
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this was exactly the movie i hoped taken was when i saw the preview. Now im excited.
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He's dead tiyaad
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And I'm excited.
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I saw the trailer and Neeson looks badass.
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It's about time Liam Neeson is doing a hardcore action movie. Bring it on.
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You've all been wound up by Kirk. He isn't serious.
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..."see you at the party Reechtah!"
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Your English is good, much better than most yanks and Brits hee hee....
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"About that, I think you've been mis-TAKEN" *flaming leg kick to the face*
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Le reviewer est un plant. Il est un Plantaganet planty plant.
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BANG!hehehe........ violence
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Or are you being ironic? Anyone who uses 'hee hee' and doesn't understand the concept of a full stop has no right to talk about English. Capiche?
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We don't want to know about your failed screenwriting career. Get back to work in Pizza Hut, douche. Your script sounded shit anyway.
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...isn't Batman and Robin the ultimate? "Chill." "Ice to see you." All the cheeze, none of the charm.
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My favorite... "You move to soon. You forgot the furst rooole of a crisis situation."
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There is something strange about you.
I realize this talk back has strayed a little from the movie, but the Arnie one liners have me in stitches.
I'm excited to see the movie too. Liam Neeson was great in Seraphim Falls. The Western he did last year with Pearce Brosnan. Good work. -
I would go see this movie 18 times if that line was in it
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can't view youtube at work, sucks. Hopefully it's still up when I get home. I can't wait to see that movie
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I should do that, I might get off for a mini-vacation if I do
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Dayquil and benedryl, I'm sick as fuck
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or just start coughing on everyone I see, and then leave them notes saying "you have 2 days to live"
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I know that we get a huge amount of trolls and pricks on here - you know it, everyone knows it but any chance whatsoever that Captkirks2pay rant can be deleted seeing as how the second one contains a big fat potential spoiler? Just thought it might be worth mentioning!
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My friend and I used to try to work out what would be the best film for Arnie to remake - and by best I mean worst!
Third place 'The Court Jester' - it would be a work of unparalleled horror seeing Arnie bringing his own take to the 'Flagon with the Dragon' sequence!'Some Like it Hot' with Stallone and Madonna - 'I am nawt a laydeeee'But we came to the conclusion that - Arnold Shwarzenegger and Rob Schneider would be irresistable as Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 'Throat Rip - the Legend of the Baskerville Hound'.The trailer would end with a shot of Hallmess punching the dog and saying 'I'll give you paws for thought'Happy days!He'd be shit in that too! -
Give deez peeple aihhh!!!
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"...you want to stick a knife in me, and look me in zee eye, and see whats going on in dere when you tuhhhn it. Dats what you want...right?!!"
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Showing the youthful indiscretions of his arch nemisis Archibald Cunningham.
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...but, is it "jus de chat couvert du chocolat" bon?
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From the guy who brought you your meal this evening comes the sequel nobody wanted. Oh wait. It's not a sequel to Heathers? Oh well. Come and see it anyway. There'll be a trailer for Steve Martin's Pink Panther 2 in front of it.
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I just saw Loser 2 and you're on the cover! And, hey, who's that behind you? Why look - it's Anchorite bringing you a lovely pizza!
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Feb 18, 2008 2:51:38 PM CST
......lololol hahaha spoiler's post above is great
by t 1000 xp professional
you must be in 5th grade.
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don't worry, man. I'll watch the movie, but I won't enjoy it. I'll do this just for you, the passive zealot.
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No one gets hurt at the office tomorrow please
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had da pellllllet with da poison, but da flahgun with da drawgun has da bru dat is truuuu. Or did I mix it up as bad as Danny Kaye?
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bad puns and all.
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Yeah Kirks, chill teh fuck out. XAKE!!!!!! I have someone here who wants to say something to you...
"wud?"
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Just wanted to say thanks for the laugh. I was cracking up at your posts. The "got alot of nerve showing your face around here" line started it and the Total Recall lines kept it going.
And to Capt Kirk: If you wanted kidnapping to be taken seriously, then you probably shouldn't be on a talkback where the movie in question was directed by the guy that did DISTRICT B13! -
...So hes remade Escape From New York, now Commando...Cool. I liked B13. It had an insultingly stupid, vapid moronic story, and was still great, great fun. Not that easy to do. This sounds alright. I'll check it out eventually.
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...How many of your close aquaintances have been kidnapped into eastern european sex slavery? I'm serious, your not a crazy person are you? Did you stand up in the theatre and throw your drink at people who hooted and hollered during Armageddon? "This is a real problem people! Lets see whose laughing when an asteroid lands on your fucking heads!".
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Vendu il est impossible qu'un Besson soit bon !
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good call with Armageddon.
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If you hate (as you should) AvP:R then this is important: That useless fucking shitrag Empire has viciously slandered us. Some cunt called Chris Hewitt has written: "Directors The Brothers Strause – Colin and Greg – apparently got the gig, their first, because they’re such huge Alien and Predator fanboys. AVP:R would indicate that they’re fanboys of the Ain't It Cool talkback variety, guileless goons crowbarring in lame references (the hero is called Dallas; someone actually says ‘Get to the chopper!’) while emphasising splatter and swearing over the suspenseful slow burn."For the full review go to http://tinyurl.com/2gg66d but I'd rather you didn't give the cunts the hits. If anyone remembers the recent AvP:R wars and the slaughtering we gave the foilage that turned out for it then please air your displeasure at the useless no-quality-control cockmonkeys via email. In fact, fuck it, anybody who thinks this is wrong- do it, let them know. But be certain to check the AICN history of AvP:R from Mori's initial slaughter of the script to vern's review and our eventual savaging of the plant life. Lying, dirty cocksuckers.
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I highly advise you make this kid your man in France. Send his ass to Cannes.
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WHERE IZ ZE TWINZ QUOTEZ?
I like you Danny Devito, I'll kill you last. -
You're LUGGAGE!
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Are you still there?
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Don't head butt people in the chest man, Great review and Liam Neeson Kicks ass in that trailer. Ingles sin Barreras, Buy it cabrone, It helps!
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