Taken (franchise)
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| Taken | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Luc Besson Robert Mark Kamen |
| Original work | Taken |
| Films and television | |
| Film(s) | Taken Taken 2 Taken 3 |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Total budget | $70 million |
| Total box office | $602,971,874 |
The Taken series is a series of action films beginning with Taken in 2008. All three films feature Liam Neeson as Bryan Mills. The series so far has run for 6 years.
Films
Taken (2008)
A former CIA operative named Bryan Mills sets about tracking down his daughter after she is kidnapped by human traffickers for sexual slavery while traveling in France.
Taken 2 (2012)
Murad, the terrorist leader of the gang and father of Marko, whom Bryan had killed by electrocution, vows to capture Bryan and avenge their loved ones.From the same dramatic ,nail-biting sequences of the first film in the series he must now rescue his wife.
Taken 3 (2015)
Characters
| Characters | Film | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Taken | Taken 2 | Taken 3 | |
| Bryan Mills | Liam Neeson | ||
| Kim Mills | Maggie Grace | ||
| Lenore "Lenny" Mills | Famke Janssen | ||
| Sam | Leland Orser | ||
| Casey | Jon Gries | ||
| Bernie | David Warshofsky | D.B. Sweeney | |
| Jean-Claude Pitrel | Olivier Rabourdin | ||
| Sheerah | Holly Valance | ||
| Amanda | Katie Cassidy | ||
| Stuart | Xander Berkeley | ||
| Murad | Rade Šerbedžija | ||
| Jamie | Luke Grimes | ||
| Durmaz | Kevork Malikyan | ||
| Forest Whitaker | |||
| Jonny Weston | |||
Crew and other
| Crew/Detail | Film | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Taken | Taken 2 | Taken 3 | |
| Director | Pierre Morel | Olivier Megaton | |
| Music | Nathaniel Méchaly | ||
| Writer | Luc Besson Robert Mark Kamen | ||
| MPAA Rating | PG-13 | ||
| Running time | 95 minutes | 91 minutes | |
Reception
Box office
| Film | Release date | Box office revenue | Box office ranking | Budget | Reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original | Domestic | Domestic | Foreign | Worldwide | All time domestic | All time worldwide | |||
| Taken | February 27, 2008 | January 30, 2009 | $145,000,989 | $81,829,579 | $226,830,568 | #271 | #464 | $25,000,000 | [1] |
| Taken 2 | October 3, 2012 | October 5, 2012 | $139,854,287 | $236,287,019 | $376,141,306 | #297 | #201 | $45,000,000 | [2] |
| Taken 3 | January 9, 2015 | ||||||||
| Total | $284,855,276 | $318,116,598 | $602,971,874 | — | — | $70,000,000 | — | ||
Critical reception
| Film | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic |
|---|---|---|
| Taken | 58% (168 reviews)[3] | 50 (31 reviews)[4] |
| Taken 2 | 21% (162 reviews)[5] | 45 (35 reviews)[6] |
| Taken 3 | ||
| Average Rating | 39% | 47 |
References
- ^ "Taken (2009)". Boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 2014-03-31.
- ^ "Taken 2 (2012)". Boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 2014-03-31.
- ^ "Taken Movie Reviews, Pictures – Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2014-03-31.
- ^ "Taken (2009): Reviews". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2014-03-31.
- ^ "Taken 2 Movie Reviews, Pictures – Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2014-03-31.
- ^ "Taken 2 (2012): Reviews". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2014-03-31.