Taken
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: January 30, 2009 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
51
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 32 Critic Reviews
Positive:
15
Mixed:
11
Negative:
6
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
VarietyDerek Elley
Neeson growls his way through the functional dialogue as an unstoppable killing machine in impressive, cold-eyed style. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
A brisk and violent action programmer that can't help being unintentionally silly at times. Read full review
60
Film ThreatScott Mendelson
In the post-Columbine age, far too many cops' partners have gone un-murdered. And too many unsuspecting daughters have freely traveled abroad, unmolested by foreign fiends. Leave it to the French to give Americans what we didn't realize we were missing. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Propulsively outandish thriller. Read full review
50
ConsequenceClint Worthington
However handsomely and efficiently staged, the actual action in this action movie feels immaterial. It’s a foregone conclusion that Mills is going to get his daughter back, no matter what obstacles are thrown in his way. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterBernard Besserglik
Might do good business at home and abroad among audiences unconcerned with the finer points of characterization or psychological insight. Read full review
50
L.A. WeeklyTim Grierson
Neeson's tormented weariness lends an air of dignity to the film's pulpy, grubby nastiness, but as striking as he is in action-hero mode, the truth is that Taken doesn't need dignity. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
Taken's subject matter is too serious for an escapist chop-socky movie, and the sleazy, exploitative tone undercuts the thrills. Read full review
40
The New YorkerAnthony Lane
You do wonder how this commanding actor (Neeson)--who carries so much more conviction than the plot--felt about delivering the line "I'll tear down the Eiffel Tower if I have to." Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsJoe Neumaier
Neeson's better than this. You can't watch him here without thinking, Geez, every fight-choreography session could have funded "Love, Actually." This bash-the-door-down action scene likely took as long to film as "Kinsey." That gunfight required more stunts than all of "Schindler's List." Read full review
40
TimeRichard Corliss
The film promises so much more than it delivers that, by the end, I felt like registering a complaint with the Obama Administration's Consumer Protection squad. Read full review
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