Hesitant about allowing his teenage daughter to travel to Paris with a friend, Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) reluctantly agrees to let her go in a bid to strengthen their limited relationship. Ecstatic, Kim (Maggie Grace) and her friend Amanda arrive in France and are immediately wrangled in by a charming young Frenchmen. Hoping to make the best of their vacation, they make plans to meet up with him later after they have settled in their lush accommodations. However, their simple trip is shattered by a burst through the door and a group of men determined to capture them. Thus begins the whirlwind that is Taken and the fast-paced search for Kim by her ever determined father. Although it is a rather straightforward premise and packed with the usual shoot-outs and bloody fisticuffs, Taken maintains a firm hold of reality and keeps the audiences heart focused on the mission of a father desperately trying to rescue his only daughter. Adequate action packed fun for a humdrum Friday night.