Taken
2008 · 94 min · Director: Pierre Morel
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
Seventeen year-old Kim is the pride and joy of her father Bryan Mills. Bryan is a retired agent who left the Central Intelligence Agency to be near Kim in California. Kim lives with her mother Lenore and her wealthy stepfather Stuart. Kim manages to convince her reluctant father to allow her to travel to Paris with her friend Amanda. When the girls arrive in Paris they share a cab with a stranger named Peter, and Amanda lets it slip that they are alone in Paris. Using this information an Albanian gang of human traffickers kidnaps the girls. Kim barely has time to call her father and give him information. Her father gets to speak briefly to one of the kidnappers and he promises to kill the kidnappers if they do not let his daughter go free. The kidnapper wishes him "good luck," so Bryan Mills travels to Paris to search for his daughter and her friend.
Emotional fingerprint
Taken (2008) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Excitement 34%, Tension 28%, Fear 18%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Excitement34%
- Tension28%
- Fear18%
- Inspiration12%
- Relief8%
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Excitement, Tension, Fear. Genres: Thriller, Crime, Action. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Excitement, Tension and Fear. Its IMDb rating of 7.7/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 75/100.
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Emotional journey
- Tension
- Disturbing
- Relief
Not enough subtitle evidence
No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Empathy
Dominant emotion: Relief
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Disturbing
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Tension | Disturbing | Relief |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 2′ | Empathy | 32 % | 15 % | 0 % | 0 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 7′ | Empathy | 33 % | 21 % | 3 % | 10 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 12′ | Relief | 40 % | 33 % | 5 % | 24 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 16′ | Empathy | 43 % | 35 % | 4 % | 18 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 21′ | Empathy | 50 % | 45 % | 16 % | 4 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 26′ | Tension | 71 % | 69 % | 45 % | 0 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 31′ | Tension | 83 % | 80 % | 63 % | 0 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 35′ | Tension | 75 % | 74 % | 55 % | 0 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 40′ | Tension | 59 % | 59 % | 40 % | 0 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 45′ | Tension | 50 % | 50 % | 38 % | 0 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 49′ | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 54′ | Tension | 48 % | 48 % | 37 % | 3 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 59′ | Tension | 60 % | 59 % | 50 % | 1 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 63′ | Disturbing | 79 % | 75 % | 75 % | 0 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 68′ | Disturbing | 89 % | 83 % | 89 % | 0 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 73′ | Disturbing | 89 % | 83 % | 89 % | 1 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 78′ | Disturbing | 87 % | 83 % | 87 % | 3 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 82′ | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 87′ | Relief | 90 % | 10 % | 0 % | 90 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 92′ | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence |
Man in a hole
Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.
Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.
Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.
Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.
Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.
Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.
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Cast
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Details
- Directed by
- Pierre Morel
- Written by
- Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2008
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Country
- France, United Kingdom, United States
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Excitement
- Data updated
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