Taken is a 2008 action thriller film produced by Luc Besson, starring Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, and Famke Janssen. The screenplay is written by Besson and Robert Mark Kamen, and was directed by Pierre Morel. Neeson plays Bryan Mills, a former Central Intelligence Agency SAD operative who sets about tracking down his daughter after she is kidnapped by Albanian sex traders while travelling in France. Highly-trained and skilled CIA black ops agent Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) has retired in an effort to build a closer relationship with his 17 year old daughter, Kim (Maggie Grace). His frequent absences made him a distant father and led to his divorce. Knowing Kim wants to be a singer, Bryan buys her an expensive karaoke machine for her 17th birthday, which she is pleased with. Kim's wealthy stepfather Stuart (Xander Berkeley), however, upstages Bryan when he surprises her with a horse. Later, Bryan's former CIA colleague, Sam (Leland Orser), hires him to help provide concert security for a...