Taken

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For the eighth film of the month we have Taken

First off, we have the story which has a retired CIA agent travels across Europe and relies on his old skills to save his estranged daughter, who has been kidnapped while on a trip to Paris. I thought the story was both tense and enjoyable as you saw Bryan trying to find his daughter using whatever methods he could.

Next, we have the characters which overall, I thought were were well acted and you good care for the main lead because of his family situation and the fact he just wants to see his daughter more and that pushed him to save her. 

As for the film's visuals I thought it looked good especially during the action scenes to make it more brutal and violent to watch which made it more entertaining to watch which was helped by the camerawork. Now we have the action which i thought was very entertaining and thrilling especially because of the way it was filmed to add to the brutality of it. Moving onto the tone of the film which I thought did a great job at adding to the thrills as well as the time limit Bryan was on. I thought the soundtrack of the film added to the film very well for both the tense scenes as well as the quick action scenes.

Overall, I thought this film was very good and the simpleness of the story worked in this films favour as well as the run-time of it which added to the fast pacing and the time-limit that Bryan faced to get his daughter back.

I give Taken a score of 8/10