Here is a new full length theatrical trailer for ‘Taken’ starring Liam Neeson. The international suspense thriller will be released in U.S. theaters on January 30, 2009. See photos and the movie trailer video here.
‘Taken’ (2008) was directed by French director Pierre Morel (District B13) and co-written by French screenwriters Robert Mark Kamen (Kiss of the Dragon, The Transporter) and Luc Besson (The Professional, La Femme Nikita, Fifth Element), who also produced the movie. After several delays in release date, the highly anticipated movie has generated a tremendous buzz.
Liam Neeson stars as Bryan Mills, a divorcee and former paramilitary officer with the Special Activities Division of the CIA. When sex traffickers kidnap his 17-year-old daughter Kim (Maggie Grace) in Paris he uses every means necessary, from his extensive and dark history with the agency, to rescue his daughter. Also starring in the movie are Famke Janssen as Mills’ ex-wife Lenore and Xander Berkeley as the wealthy man she has married since the divorce.
Acclaimed, veteran actor Liam Neeson brings much intensity and bravado to the role, as evidenced by the very tense scenes in the trailer. With such an extensive track record of bringing memorable characters to life on the big screen– from the title character of Steven Spielberg’s Schindler’s List, which first made him an A-Lister to his fine outstanding work in blockbusters such as Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Darkman, Rob Roy, Kingdom of Heaven, Batman Begins, and The Chronicles of Narnia–it’s clear that he brings much to the movie’s suspense and edginess, following the actions of a father desperate to save his daughter.
“Maybe it’s a working class work ethic thing,” said Neeson…”I like the feeling of physical activity. I feel I’ve done an honest day’s work for an honest dollar…It appealed to the 16-year-old in me, and it also appealed to the father in me,” Neeson said. “It’s kind of a lovely, no-brainer, slam-dunk little action film with no pretensions.”"
You can find several movie posters and photos from the movie here; and an interview with Neeson here. More photos and the ‘Taken’ theatrical trailer video are below.
Photos: wenn.com