Neeson gets Taken

What is it about Paris? According to the movies, Americans tend to lose their loved ones there. Much like Harrison Ford’s quest through the Parisian underworld to rescue his missing wife in Frantic, Taken finds Liam Neeson hunting for his kidnapped daughter in an equally unwelcoming City of Love. But as written by the great Luc Besson, Neeson’s character is not simply a doting dad. He is a former spy ready to kick some serious can to save his 17-year-old—played by Maggie Grace of Lost—before she is sold into the slave trade or worse. Famke Janssen, Xander Berkeley and Katie Cassidy co-star. Rated PG-13.