"Taken" is best seen when there's nothing else playing or when someone else is paying.
In its full 93 minutes, never do you experience a "wow, how'd they do
that" factor. Nevertheless, there's enough well-paced action to
sustain interest throughout the film from when we first meet divorced
father Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) watching home videos in a small, dark
room to when he finally catches up with his 17-year-old daughter Kim in
Paris.