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Luc Besson... Liam Neeson... TAKEN teaser!

How can it go wrong? by Acappellaman	Feb 4th, 2008 01:52:40 PM
Liam? Fammke? This sounds and looks great! Sound just like the plot for Ransom with Mel Gibson. Could be good.
GIVE ME BACK MY SON! by Kasch	Feb 4th, 2008 01:52:43 PM
Luc Besson produced movies always suck (especially those Taxi movies). Wish he'd direct more.
GIVE ME BACK MY DOG ! by Pound Sand	Feb 4th, 2008 01:55:05 PM

That speech does not inspire confidence. by lsleelee	Feb 4th, 2008 01:59:05 PM
In the filmmakers, I mean. I have absolute confidence that Liam Neeson can and will find me and kill me. Neeson rocks.
GIVE ME BACK MY CRATES! by Pennsy	Feb 4th, 2008 01:59:30 PM
Oh, I thought this was the Indy IV talkback. Carry on.
The speech makes me want to give it a chance by Nortimus	Feb 4th, 2008 02:00:53 PM
Liam + that speech = my skeptical interest has been grabbed.
Look! It's Qui Gonn! by Abominable Snowcone	Feb 4th, 2008 02:02:01 PM
Mmmmm....Famke.
Hmmmmm by Gungan Slayer	Feb 4th, 2008 02:04:11 PM
Looks a bit too generic for me...I mean, I love everyone who is involved with this film...but I don't know...trailer really doesn't do anything for me. Where the hell is the sequel to DISTRICT 13 that they keep talking about?! That's what I want to see.
I dunno by GodMars	Feb 4th, 2008 02:06:17 PM
There is nothing about Liam Neeson that says "threatening" to me.
FUCK YEAH! by FlyinHawaiian	Feb 4th, 2008 02:08:27 PM
That looks badass!!!!!
Nice. by ELGordo	Feb 4th, 2008 02:08:38 PM
Looks bad ass. Although Liam's speech about how he's going to kill their asses sounded like a radio commercial.
GodMars by Abominable Snowcone	Feb 4th, 2008 02:13:26 PM
Not even his part as Decard in Batman? I thought he made a decent villain.
Ah, a return to Liam Neeson greatness... by Frank Black	Feb 4th, 2008 02:20:03 PM
Next of Kin 2! Can't wait to see this. I'll need a bib for the drool!
Besson is the anti Lucas by SpencerTrilby	Feb 4th, 2008 02:23:45 PM
sucks at storytelling but enjoys directing. And in case you haven't noticed, he doesn't direct this. The hack who did District B13 does. Lucas wrote this, like he wrote Taxi and other shitty money grabs of this ilk... NEXT!
I meant BESSON wrote this. by SpencerTrilby	Feb 4th, 2008 02:24:35 PM
Edit button, bitches!
Love Neeson, but Next of Kin fucking sucked. by odo19	Feb 4th, 2008 02:25:37 PM
I hate Patrick Swayze.
harry, really by theWarning	Feb 4th, 2008 02:28:39 PM
this is coming out in france in "late march?" it says the date at the end of the trailer. february.
This looks great by Ray Gamma	Feb 4th, 2008 02:30:04 PM
please be great
Actually reminds me of "Frantic" by Ray Gamma	Feb 4th, 2008 02:31:42 PM
And "Frantic" is a fucking marvellous movie.
Haters . . . Seriously by kevinwillis.net	Feb 4th, 2008 02:33:50 PM
How can you not be stoked? That looks so kick ass. I want to see it, like, now.
Qui Gonn is BACK! Nice trailer by aceattorney	Feb 4th, 2008 02:34:54 PM
Very nice...
Maggie Grace = Lost... by joergn	Feb 4th, 2008 02:34:55 PM
..for everyone living in a cave the last few years. Then there was this shitty Fog-Remake, but let´s forget about that pretty fast. And BTW the Original "Taxi"-movies where not half as bad as that botched Hollywood-Remake.
Looks pretty cool. by Sprout	Feb 4th, 2008 02:35:36 PM
Perhaps not that original but still worth a look if Luc Besson is involved.
Oh, and I like the trailer by joergn	Feb 4th, 2008 02:35:48 PM
bye the way.
GodMars by Grendel745	Feb 4th, 2008 02:35:51 PM
Having grown up in a military family and known more then a few highly trained individuals, its the ones like Neeson that don't look badass that you really should be scared of. There's a differance between "action star" and highly trained, competant killer. I can easily buy Neeson as the latter. I mean DeNiro didn't look all that intimidating in Ronin but you can't tell me he wasn't badass in that.
Neeson, Janssen = Awesome by Mosquito March	Feb 4th, 2008 02:39:40 PM
Luc Besson = Shit. He hasn't made a good movie since LEON.
17? isn't she like 25? by lex romero	Feb 4th, 2008 02:43:27 PM
I'd love for a hollywood film to actually cast a teenage actor as a teenage character.
Death Wish 5: Lincoln's Revenge by 3 Bag Enema	Feb 4th, 2008 02:43:59 PM
I can't be scared by Liam Neeson ever since he did that "Tree in the wind!" thing in Nell.
This isn't a "Ransom" redux by ewokstew	Feb 4th, 2008 02:48:11 PM
This is "The Professional" meets "Ransom" and quite honestly... I like what I see.
Grendel745 - DeNiro in RONIN by Mosquito March	Feb 4th, 2008 02:49:28 PM
"You got the gun. I'm unarmed. Do something. Go ahead. Do something. DO SOMETHING..." **** You said it, man. 'Sam' is one of the most hardboiled, badass characters ever put on film. That whole movie was badass, right down to Skip Sudduth as the driver. But, between 'Sam' and 'Neil McCauley' in HEAT, DeNiro set a new gold standard for movie badasses in the '90s.
That looks promising. DVD rental most likely. by Buckys_Kick_Ass_Arm	Feb 4th, 2008 02:51:23 PM
Unless I see more decent trailers/reviews.
Jett by Multiplex	Feb 4th, 2008 02:52:18 PM
We can go to IMDB ourselves, thanks.
"I have a very particular set of skills" by Francis Begbie	Feb 4th, 2008 02:55:19 PM
That's an awesome line, especially coming from Neeson.
Neeson by Biowolf	Feb 4th, 2008 03:01:29 PM
Kicks ass. I am all over this.
Where's Milla? by BoggyCreekBeast	Feb 4th, 2008 03:06:36 PM
Oh. Sorry, Luc.
Penis by syn_flood	Feb 4th, 2008 03:16:57 PM
I like it... but not as much as the chills I just got from that trailer!
Haha by kwisatzhaderach	Feb 4th, 2008 03:22:08 PM
Looks solid.
Can't wait to see Neeson's Parkour skills... by KillDozer	Feb 4th, 2008 03:22:48 PM
The kidnappers are probably in an attic with the stairs pulled up thinking they're perfectly safe...then they hear someone climbing up the walls...
Liam Neeson by AllieJamison	Feb 4th, 2008 03:24:54 PM
as Harrison Ford? Interesting.
right on by jambone	Feb 4th, 2008 03:30:37 PM
that kicks ass
Ra's Al Ghul's got mad skills. Good luck. by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Feb 4th, 2008 03:46:31 PM
Despite my initial hate for Neeson being totally whipped, caving in and sending his 17-year-old to Paris, the speech convinced me. Neeson goes to Paris, hooks up with Leon right? That would be sweet. We really need Leon 2 with a grown up Natalie Portman assassin.
he has jedi skills... by seekshelter	Feb 4th, 2008 03:54:29 PM
they'd better watch out...
that looked bad... by The Real MiraJeff	Feb 4th, 2008 03:54:46 PM
bad-ass! I have a very particular set of skills... interesting. This could be a great change of pace for Neeson. He's always playing these stoic types. It'll be good to see him get his hands dirty again. Famke remains ageless and gorgeous. And DB13 was pretty cool. I'm definitely there for this one.
Me too Bacci40 by EvilGeek1	Feb 4th, 2008 03:58:32 PM
But hey....I loved that teaser! Thought it was going to be one of those usual "Oh my God" panicky father movies, but man What a turn-around! Fair fucks to ya Neeson! the Irish invasion is in full swing!
SUPERHERO MOVIE trailer by Jubba	Feb 4th, 2008 04:00:28 PM
http://tinyurl.com/2qqhs8 i tried getting someone to post it on here, but anyway, here ya go!
thangs twern't thuh same win yew left hawme. by ArcadianDS	Feb 4th, 2008 04:00:49 PM
Thats my text impression of Liam pretending to be from Missouri. Thank you all!
Schindler had a daughter? by dtpena	Feb 4th, 2008 04:05:05 PM
And she traveled to paris?
Actually I thought his Next of Kin accent by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Feb 4th, 2008 04:08:46 PM
wasn't that bad. This was the pre-fame Neeson of course. I only saw a bit of the movie, but he seemed good from what I saw.
Meh...? by Cat_Corporation	Feb 4th, 2008 04:10:20 PM
It does look a little Ransom, which I didn't much like. But I do like Mr Neeson...yum, craggy...
awesome by sith_rising	Feb 4th, 2008 04:17:34 PM
Liam is my favorite actor, this looks like a "non-pussy" version of Ransom. can't wait!
Next of Kin.... by Philvis	Feb 4th, 2008 04:17:36 PM
Neeson was kick ass in that movie. Don't mess with a movie that has a snake bus, Patrick Swayze, and Liam Neeson.
Gee, Leam, can't you I don't know stretch by skywalkerfamily	Feb 4th, 2008 04:21:33 PM
a bit in your parts? You're always so monotone.
Dads dig it by RK_Maroon	Feb 4th, 2008 04:24:23 PM
I'd be interested to know the breakdown of Dad and Non-dad talkbacker opinions posted here. As a father, especially of a daughter, this subject matter represents a nightmare I don't like to comtemplate. But if it did happen, it gives me a revenge-gasm just thinking about tracking down the scum, taking care of business, making it infinitely painful and getting away with it.
its about time we see Neeson in ass-kicking-mode... by JimmyJoe RedSky	Feb 4th, 2008 04:26:40 PM
this looked like it would be kinda lame... until Neeson turned bad-ass on the phone - as long as its rated R , should be cool
Good point JimyJoe, he had that oh shucks by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Feb 4th, 2008 04:31:33 PM
look from Love Actually. Then, he turns it around when he makes the call. Calm, professional and pissed.
Stop kidnapping the children of Jedi Masters..... by travis-dane	Feb 4th, 2008 04:49:40 PM
some dudes will never learn!and Famke.........yumie!
Don't fuck with Darkman by orryn	Feb 4th, 2008 04:52:42 PM
need i say more?
Don't fuck with the guy from Husbands and Wives! by JimCurry	Feb 4th, 2008 04:56:34 PM
this is what we've all been waiting for.... right?
Don't mess with Gawain. by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Feb 4th, 2008 04:58:52 PM
At least I think it was Gawain. He was one of the knights in Excalibur. Star Wars and Star Trek actors in the same movie if you recall.
Acadamy Award Nominated "Irish Actor"... by PaddyIrishman	Feb 4th, 2008 05:03:05 PM
Get it right Jett for feck sake!!
Cliche lines but DAMN what a kickass delivery by theycallmemrglass	Feb 4th, 2008 05:05:38 PM
Darkman returns. Liam always rock. This sort of reminds me of a very under-rated Harrison Ford film, Frantic.
So what's his "very particular set of skills"? by epitone	Feb 4th, 2008 05:08:10 PM
My predictions: 1. Programming TiVo for the 30-second skip. 2. Using up every ounce of toothpaste before starting a new tube. 3. Setting the brightness and contrast controls on the HDTV so the Ratatouille Blu-Ray really "pops." 4. Staying healthy during flu season. 5. Two words: DOUBLE. COUPONS.
If its Ransom you looking for, I have no money but What I do hav by theycallmemrglass	Feb 4th, 2008 05:15:07 PM
And republic credits will do fine.
No they won't (in thick Middle Eastern accent) by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Feb 4th, 2008 05:17:05 PM
What do you think you are some type of Jedi?
Mosquito March, badass was Jimmy the Gent by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Feb 4th, 2008 05:20:47 PM
in Goodfellas. Calm, quiet, but get on his bad side and it was game over.
Looks awesome by Series7	Feb 4th, 2008 05:25:25 PM
Now lets get that Taxi series on Dvd over here damnit.
Looks kinda cool by BurgerKing	Feb 4th, 2008 05:26:45 PM
Except I'm not huge on when they take insecurities of parents giving children freedoms then of course something terrible happens. Makes American mommies shit themselves and think it's real life.
Darkman IV: Not Without My Darker, Um, Daughter by Anakin Whoopass	Feb 4th, 2008 05:46:37 PM
Liam Neeson wants revenge. What can go wrong?
Particular set of skills by kafka07	Feb 4th, 2008 05:49:01 PM
He will tickle you to death
These aren't the the vigilantes you're looking for... by BillyPilgrim	Feb 4th, 2008 05:51:10 PM
Move along...Move along...
GIVE ME BACK MY PADAWAN! by DynamixRo	Feb 4th, 2008 05:52:26 PM
Havent't seen Neeson in this kind of role before. Looks interesting...ish.
But, if it's in English w/ French subs..... by Aloy	Feb 4th, 2008 05:57:48 PM
why is it opening in France first? This looks cool just like any feelgood vigilante/revenge flick does but it worries me that it isn't opening here sooner.
I've always enjoyed revenge flicks by BillyPilgrim	Feb 4th, 2008 06:00:31 PM
There is always a visceral satisfaction in watching someone getting their revenge. Cause everyone has thought about it at some time in their lives. On that point this movie looks like it will deliver nicely.
"The blood stays on the blade. One day you'll understand. " by SkinJob69	Feb 4th, 2008 06:06:56 PM
Priest is BACK! "Now, now, Bill, you swore this was a battle between warriors, not a bunch of miss nancies, so warriors is what I brought."
"Prepare to meet the true lord!"- Liam by SkinJob69	Feb 4th, 2008 06:13:51 PM

Pretty - pretty - pretty - scary. by sevadro	Feb 4th, 2008 06:24:26 PM
Ras Al Ghul bad assery!
Man on Fire= Best recent revenge flick by SkinJob69	Feb 4th, 2008 06:27:04 PM
Plus, it has the Walken factor.
OH liam by avs28785	Feb 4th, 2008 06:45:42 PM
That was fucking awesome
Maggie Grace playing a 17 year old by AlwaysThere	Feb 4th, 2008 06:47:03 PM
is laughable. The rest of this trailer seems very interesting though.
Cooool by modlight	Feb 4th, 2008 06:50:01 PM
I could watch Liam Neeson read, then beat up, the phone book.
Rob Roy... by Mindworm22	Feb 4th, 2008 06:50:49 PM
...gets no respect. He was friggin' awesome in that film. And Tim Roth was spectacular as well.
epitone by Norm Cascade	Feb 4th, 2008 06:58:56 PM
You, sir, are fucking hilarious.
I, also, have a particular set of skills by finky089	Feb 4th, 2008 07:06:35 PM
unfortunately it involves imbibing mass quantities of V8 Fusion and pop rocks.
Hey Yobo,are you IRONMANs Pimp? by travis-dane	Feb 4th, 2008 07:36:34 PM
I need some of that shiny metal ass!
so does he give that speech immediately? by drewlicious	Feb 4th, 2008 08:33:03 PM
If so that's either very poor writing or very good writing. Any character that can turn his personality around in a snap can be very interesting indeed. Or scary for that matter. Just dont' be more torture porn. Please.
Lincoln's gonna go Menudo on their asses!! by BetaRayBill07	Feb 4th, 2008 08:35:59 PM
Can't wait.
Darkman Rises Again by Snow Dog	Feb 4th, 2008 08:38:32 PM
Even from where I'm sitting North of the 49th - one word: COOL...
No Shit it's off your radar! OLD NEWS AGAIN by ShiftyEyedDog2	Feb 4th, 2008 09:43:52 PM
This trailer has been around for over a month now.
Raise your hand if you thought this looked like Ransom by Strabo	Feb 4th, 2008 09:55:22 PM
Ok, now go sit in the corner, you fucking dunces. Watch High and Low, for Christ's sake. You know, mother fucking Akira Kurosawa?
"I have a perticular set of CRATES" by drompter	Feb 4th, 2008 10:19:03 PM
This movie looks good. An oasis in the middle of all of this over-the-top and "edgy" crap desert we've been living lately.
This will be great. No doubt about it by Stormwatcher	Feb 4th, 2008 10:28:29 PM
Liam Neeson + District 13, made outside of Hollywood revenge movie? No, its gonna take names man.
I am Darkman. by Lashlarue	Feb 4th, 2008 10:33:39 PM
I will kill you.
Dude was in Krull by aboriginal	Feb 4th, 2008 11:40:14 PM
That's resume enough.
Mysterious Yobo by Monkey Butler	Feb 5th, 2008 12:09:12 AM
Fevrier is a word from a different language. Seems like both you and Harry are struggling with that concept.
Holy shit, awsomesauce all over that!! by DigitalDong	Feb 5th, 2008 01:39:24 AM
MUST...WATCH!!!
I'm In by dejectedgeek	Feb 5th, 2008 02:16:29 AM
Looks cool to me...always love a good "father goes batshit crazy" movie.
his pubescant daughter falls in love with a hitman.. by ironic_name	Feb 5th, 2008 04:32:10 AM
KRULL!
Looks cool BUT... by Motoko Kusanagi	Feb 5th, 2008 05:25:00 AM
...Liam Neeson? What. The. Frack?
Agh, Luc Besson.. by Aethyrr	Feb 5th, 2008 05:33:10 AM
..I don't know. Everything he's done is sht (with "Léon" being the ultimate fluke example/exception in his career*)
Mindworm22, to this day my wife hates Roth by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Feb 5th, 2008 07:48:50 AM
because she cannot separate the actor from the character he played in Rob Roy. Egotistical, narcicistic, rapist that he was played to the hilt (pun intended) by Roth. She just can't shake that image of him out her head.
What do you mean Luc Besson can't write? by Reverend Toast	Feb 5th, 2008 08:16:13 AM
He wrote Leon: The Professional, Nikita, and the FRENCH Taxi.... not the bastardized American remake of it.
Luc Besson is a gros nul (a big jerk) by Georges Bouche	Feb 5th, 2008 08:22:57 AM
Hi!I've just signed in,from my little town in France.I've been reading this site for weeks,finding it often fun and instructive,but I've never felt any envy to talkback.Until now.. AAAaaargh!!! (I don't know how to tell this in English) Luc Besson has been rotting my life since I was a kid,then a teen and so forth until today (I'm 33),with his awful,demagogic,empty,pompous and stupid movies.In France,he plays around like if he was a S. Spielberg,always spitting on the critics ("I'm making popular movies"-my ass).Ten or twenty years after,nobody wants to watch them.He khows how to SELL movies,empty shells with a huge and shiny package... AND he is an ass in life;he even sued a small magazine for an article who wrote that he sucked. I know time will put him where he belongs,the vast trashcan of mediocre movies,but until then,he will probably continue to waste my movie fan life,make me lose my temper,and be ashamed of being French like him. Luc,va mourir. (Luc,just die.)
Super cool! by kirttrik	Feb 5th, 2008 08:23:43 AM
I still need to see District 13.
I look for you, Padawan, and I will find you by kirttrik	Feb 5th, 2008 08:25:57 AM
with the living force as my guide, I will smite you.
I will look for you...will...Padawan by kirttrik	Feb 5th, 2008 08:26:38 AM
with the living force as my guide, I will smite you.
I will find you, my padawan, and I will kill you. by kirttrik	Feb 5th, 2008 08:27:51 AM
You guys get it...right?
PAAADAAAWAAAAN! by kirttrik	Feb 5th, 2008 08:29:04 AM
kee-yaaahh@!
Did anyone know Hannah Montana is #1 in the Box Office by kirttrik	Feb 5th, 2008 08:31:21 AM
WTF
"Liam goes America on there asses." by SID 8.0	Feb 5th, 2008 08:59:43 AM
Seen this trailer a few months ago and it looks liquid cool. It's like they kidnapped Kim Bauer again. He better get the best Father's Day gift ever after this.
Georges Bouche by Strabo	Feb 5th, 2008 09:31:38 AM
So, do they use spaces after periods and commas in France?
Strabo by Georges Bouche	Feb 5th, 2008 10:10:22 AM
Sorry for the spaces(?).I'm not really a keyboard expert.But thanks for learning me a new word in english ('comma'/'virgule' in french).Voilà.Bye
Now, the Pink Elephant, by cornponious	Feb 5th, 2008 10:15:47 AM
...IF you please.
Maggie Grace by DansLaLuna	Feb 5th, 2008 12:05:41 PM
WTF with her casting?? First when she's like 18 they make her a wife with a teenaged daughter in Derailed (sucky movie) and now that she's in her 20's she's playing a teenager. Next she'll be in either Driving Miss Daisy II or High School Musical 4.
Revenge of the Jedi! by GornPirate	Feb 5th, 2008 12:12:17 PM
Wow a revenge /viglante movie. how original? I like Liam Neeson. He's a good actor but this is an over done cliche of a story line. I'm looking more forward to Neeson/Spielberg Lincoln film is that still in the works?
I love this kind of movies... by Sackratte	Feb 5th, 2008 12:42:22 PM
and I hope it really is like the trailer shows us... a fucking great action flic!
So I guess Georges is saying by BillyPilgrim	Feb 5th, 2008 01:15:31 PM
that Luc is the French version of Ratner.
I lied by DansLaLuna	Feb 5th, 2008 02:14:55 PM
She wasn't in Derailed, it was another 18 year old.
right,BillyPilgrim!... by Georges Bouche	Feb 5th, 2008 05:44:19 PM
..but imagine that Ratner would be a successfull producer of Ratner-like movies.A lot of them,all equally terrible.(by the way,Luc is live on TV right now,in France.I've just seen his puffed of face with that sinister look of satisfaction..sigh..)
I know Besson didn't direct this... by BrooseTheScharuk	Feb 5th, 2008 05:46:50 PM
...but since so many here are weighing in on him: last good movie -- La Femme Nikita/ best movie: Le Dernier Combat. I think all his movies should be dialogue free. And I'm not trying to be an ass; I mean it. I think dialogue and plot exposition weigh his films down. He just doesn't seem to have the inclination to invest much in that stuff. Leon has my least favorite performance of Gary Oldman's career.
interesting.. by kadayi	Feb 5th, 2008 05:54:42 PM
Probably generic, but it's good to see Neeson get an action role of sorts.
it seems like a pretty intresting trailer.. by HtownActor	Feb 5th, 2008 08:32:54 PM
but the concept seems done before so i'll have to wait and see what's fresh about this..speaking of trailers have ya'll seen this one check this out and tell me what ya think... http://youtube.com/watch?v=zzm MnaXzEgQ
Grammaton Cleric Binks... by Mindworm22	Feb 5th, 2008 09:54:13 PM
Funny you say that, because my wife is the same. It's remarkable what a performance he put on and so few have seen it.
Maggie Grace is fucking... by DocPazuzu	Feb 6th, 2008 01:24:30 AM
...awful. She managed to make Tom Welling seem like he actually wasn't a piece of wood in The Fog, which is no mean feat. Also, she's a fucking idiot. If you will recall, she referred to Carpenter's The Fog as "the holy grail" of horror movies. A complete talent vacuum and an utter twit.
re B13 by DocPazuzu	Feb 6th, 2008 01:25:13 AM
The fight in the casino is amazing.
this looks cool by Spacekicker2001	Feb 6th, 2008 01:39:34 PM
I liked B13, fun little action flick
Neeson: Good, Besson: Good, Trailer: Bad by Stollentroll	Feb 6th, 2008 03:19:49 PM
Seriously, this looks like "direct to DVD" to me...
Full trailer by torgosPizza	Feb 6th, 2008 09:16:08 PM
Online at taken-lefilm dot com.

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