Taken (2017)
NBC | Release Date: February 27, 2017
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
46
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 22 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
11
Negative:
6

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
30
Yahoo TVKen TuckerFeb 27, 2017
Season 1 Review: The latest movie-to-TV adaptation is an exceptionally useless prequel to the Taken franchise. Read full review
30
Las Vegas WeeklyJosh BellFeb 23, 2017
Season 1 Review: Bryan’s missions have little to do with his passion for rescuing helpless young women. Change the main character’s name and this could have been any forgettable network action series, with nothing distinctive in its concept or execution. Read full review
25
IndieWireBen TraversFeb 28, 2017
Season 1 Review: Nothing about the show matches expectations, making it a confounding (and largely boring) viewing experience. Read full review
25
USA TodayRobert BiancoFeb 27, 2017
Season 1 Review: Taken takes the worst traits of your garden variety big-screen action clunker and repackages them for home viewing. Inane, loud, violent, and littered with directorial flourishes meant to distract you from the sloppy plotting and largely indifferent acting. Read full review
20
ColliderAllison KeeneFeb 23, 2017
Season 1 Review: There are moments that make it feel like it could be at least as engaging as Homeland or other tense thrillers. But it wastes those opportunities as well as a good cast (most of whom, like Friday Night Lights‘ Gaius Charles, have absolutely nothing to do and no story arcs of their own). Read full review
10
Boston GlobeMatthew GilbertFeb 23, 2017
Season 1 Review: [Taken] is like a parody of a TV action drama. ... Except a parody wouldn’t be so boring, so unintentionally illogical, so unmemorable, and so labored. Really, Taken is a mess of a network show. Read full review
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