<P> Taken is a 2008 English - language French action thriller film written by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen , and directed by Pierre Morel . It stars Liam Neeson , Maggie Grace , Famke Janssen , Katie Cassidy , Leland Orser , and Holly Valance . Neeson plays Bryan Mills , a former CIA operative who sets about tracking down his teenage daughter Kim ( Grace ) and her best friend ( Cassidy ) after the two girls are kidnapped by Albanian sex traffickers while traveling in France . </P>
<P> Taken is a 2008 English - language French action thriller film written by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen , and directed by Pierre Morel . It stars Liam Neeson , Maggie Grace , Famke Janssen , Katie Cassidy , Leland Orser , and Holly Valance . Neeson plays Bryan Mills , a former CIA operative who sets about tracking down his teenage daughter Kim ( Grace ) and her best friend ( Cassidy ) after the two girls are kidnapped by Albanian sex traffickers while traveling in France . </P>
who is the star of the movie taken
who is the star of the movie taken
Liam Neeson
Liam Neeson