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06Jan2009

Five More Minutes from 'Taken' with Liam Neeson

DateTuesday, January 6, 2009 at 1:10AM
Sure, it's easy to pick a winner in January, but the quality of the films that surround it notwithstanding, I'm more and more intrigued by Taken, a new revenge flick directed by Pierre Morel and co-written by Luc Besson. Liam Neeson stars as a former spy who has to rely on his training to track down the kidnappers of his teenage daughter (Maggie Grace from Lost) after she's abducted overseas.

Taken is in a unique position with its distribution; the film has already come and gone in almost every major territory in the world. In fact, only Germany will get Taken after it opens in the U.S. The good news is that it has already done quite well with audiences around the globe, earning $68 million overseas in 2008. That means the film has a little house money to play within the next couple of weeks in terms of marketing.

And based on what we've seen, it's a movie worth marketing. We shared a clip with you a few days ago, and hells yeah about that one. Now IGN has a five-minute sizzle reel from Taken, which also happens to include that clip, plus several other crucial moments from the film.

Taken opens in the U.S. on January 30th, and in Germany on February 19th, and I'm damned excited for it.

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Reader Comments (4)

the minute I saw the first trailer I was hooked. Liam Neeson was discovered by Helen Mirren. He was her boytoy when she got him his initial film role in 'Excaliber.' I'm in support of anything Liam does, because Helen used to sleep with him : )

Tuesday, January 6, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterlara Petersen

This looks fantastic!

Tuesday, January 6, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterKim

Hello America,

Just your good old English comrades to say we've all seen it and we all thought it was honest to God amazing! Word of advice though, you will laugh at some scenes!

Sunday, January 11, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterEnglish Gavz

"Taken" was fun to watch -- Liam Neeson put the beat down on some bad guys

Tuesday, February 3, 2009 | Unregistered Commentercoffee

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