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A former spy (Neeson) relies on his old skills to save his estranged daughter (Grace), who has been forced into the slave trade. Read more

Starring	Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen, Xander Berkeley
Director	Pierre Morel
Genres	Action/Adventure, Thriller

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Neeson to quit action movies over leg pain
- WENN Newsdesk
- 27 Jan 2012
Liam Neeson is planning to quit action movies next year (13) because an agonising knee condition makes it painful for him to perform his own stunts. The Schindler's List star has enjoyed roles in a number of high-octane blockbusters in recent years, including The A-Team, Taken, Clash of the Titans and his latest film, The Grey. The Oscar-nominated actor takes pride in his bravery and insists on refusing a body double for many onscreen stunts - but he admits age is catching up with him and he'll Read more
Neeson fears Taken film has set back European travel for U.S. parents
- 18 Feb 2011
Liam Neeson fears his 2010 thriller Taken has killed the dream of European travel for thousands of U.S. teenagers - because their parents are now too scared to let them jet off to London and Paris. In the action film, the Irish-born actor's character has to hunt down his daughter in France after she and a friend are kidnapped by sex traffickers during a vacation in Paris. And he fears that parents have taken the film to heart and abandoned plans to let their kids travel abroad. He says, "I... Read more
Schwarzenegger in talks for big action return
- WENN Newsdesk
- 08 Apr 2011
Arnold Schwarzenegger is poised to mark his big screen return to Hollywood by replacing Liam Neeson in a new action thriller. The movie hardman has been keeping fans guessing over what his first film role since stepping down as California Governor will be, and he was most recently linked to an unlikely comeback as an over-the-hill horse trainer in Cry Macho. But it appears Schwarzenegger is looking to return to more familiar territory - he's been offered a starring role in director Jee-woon... Read more
A Brief History: France and Film
- 24 Feb 2010
Is it possible to beat Hollywood at its own game – or even to play on the same field? That’s the 60 million Euro question for French filmmakers, as it is for the Brits, the Germans, and anyone else with a viable industry stuck in the Americans’ cultural choke-hold. Hollywood established its European market on the back of the Great War, when the competition was at its most vulnerable. With the deepest pockets in the business, the major studios coaxed many of the hottest... Read more
Taken nabs top spot at U.S. box office
- 02 Feb 2009
New action adventure film Taken has wrestled the number one spot at the U.S. box office from Kevin James' comedy Paul Blart: Mall Cop, taking in £17.6 million in its opening weekend (31Jan/01Feb09). The thriller, starring Liam Neeson and Maggie Grace, nabbed the prize after James scored two weeks at the top spot with his role as an overzealous security guard, with takings of £10 million in his film's third week. New horror film The Uninvited made its debut at number three, with... Read more

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  Liam Neeson is an unstoppable force in this adrenaline-fuelled thriller from director Pierre Morel. Bryan (Neeson) has taken early retirement from the CIA in order to live closer to his teenage daughter, Kim (Maggie Grace). Bryan's government work kept him away from Kim for much of her childhood, ...

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  A former spy (Neeson) relies on his old skills to save his estranged daughter (Grace), who has been forced into the slave trade....