Taken: Daddy Tortures Best

By Chris Barsanti

Mill's towering righteousness is just too much for this weak little film, whose only interest is in affirming the white patriarchal prerogative. [5 February 2009]

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Taken

By Cynthia Fuchs

The melodramatic set-up takes little time in Pierre Morel's extra-actionated thriller. Almost as soon as Kimmie lands in Paris and neglects to call her father on the super-phone he's provided her, she's punished -- severely. [30 January 2009]