Taken (2008) REACTION 

Every dad would do the exact same as Mills. Unfortunately we lack those particular set of skills 😢

I bawl my eyes out everytime at the end when she says "you came for me" because I think of all the people and children who never have that chance of anyone saving them😪

"Damn, he´s good." Well, he trained Obi-wan AND Batman, what did you expect?

It’s unfortunate that this still is happening in real life to this very day, nationally and internationally.

From a male perspective I was always disgusted by the human trafficking subject matter---but watching it with you ladies, I'M TERRIFIED!!! It was like watching it over again for the first time. It's not like I didn't empathize or feel for the kidnapped girls---it was just...I dunno---Different---watching it with you gals. I'm subbed!

The four of you took the trauma and the fear of the father and of all of the abused girls straight into your hearts and gave yourselves to it. Your hearts are pure and good. I always enjoy your reactions, but the four of you won my heart with this one. God bless and keep you all safe. I hope you all find whatever you are looking for in this life and are blessed with peace and happiness. 🌹🌹🌹🌹

“After this, i call my dad…” that so sweet. Thank you for your reaction.

When Christmas time rolls around, you four should watch Jim Carrey in How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Funny, sweet and literally heartwarming. Since all of you are all those things as well, you all will love it.

"Sparkles" has to be the most adorable way to describe electrical torture.

What a wonderful reaction from all of you. I know in my heart that it was everyone's first time.

Holly Vallance is all kinds of beautiful. Trafficking is a real world problem and this film did a lot to shine a light into this murky underworld.

Put "Love Actually" on your holiday movie list. Its a very interesting movie and it also has Liam Neeson in it.

Great Movie. Nice to see all 4 of you go thru the range of emotions.

Your reactions are always the best! Love the emotions ❤

That kidnapping scene is still so insane. You can feel the fear in Kim's voice and The look on Brian's face is just phenomenal throughout the scene

"I'm calling my dad after this movie." What every father loves to hear.

Many people didn't think that an aging actor as Liam could pull off an action flick, but boy did he ever. Such a good movie.

49:11 I remember the director said that what he liked about the casting of Liam Neeson, is that Neeson is a big guy and a former boxer, so he makes his character physically imposing, but he's still able show vulnerability and tenderness when it comes to his daughter.

L: "I have such a bad feeling." E: "Yeah, for sure something terrible will happen." V: "Why?!?" E: "Did you saw ever a movie when just nice things happened?" 🤣

This movie is so grounded in reality. Such a sad world where kids are being abducted and sold or worse. It's cathartic when the dad gets his revenge on them

This is every fathers nightmare and also what every father wishes they could do to protect his daughter if he needs to. Very powerful movie and sadly hits close to home for a lot of families/fathers who's daughters are victims of human trafficking.

The look on y’all’s face when he shot the wife. Absolutely non duplicatable.

The girls: “OMG, I wish he was my dad” and “He’s the best dad ever!” Their dads: 😒

At the beginning Elenore is the stereotypical bitter and resentful ex-spouse who takes every opportunity to not only undermine Brian's parental efforts towards their daughter at her birthday party, but also to make him out to be the villain when he doesn't indulge Kim's irresponsible whim to go to Paris, and she behaves like a typical spoiled teenager.

When Neeson says, "they are going to take you". He said it with such pain, but calm. My favorite part was when he plays the tape of the "good luck" over and over on thr private jet, his mind was made up. He WAS going to kill him.

Amazing movie. His speech to the bad guys over the phone is still one of the best ever!

Hard to imagine that studios couldnt see Neeson as a leading action hero, and he spent years trying to convince them! 😳

46:48 He was waiting for the slightest moment of hesiitation, in order to shoot him safely. Once he began to barter for his life, he knew that the dude's focus wasn't entirely on the knife and the daughter, thus the grip of the knife on her throat loosened. Once he saw that, he took the shot, knowing he wouldn't drag the knife across her throat as he fell.

"I told you I would find you." Best line in the whole movie.

Great reaction! Especially poignant to watch your reactions as young women that know this happens in real life. Interesting that Liam Neeson says he didn’t think the movie would be a big hit, in fact he thought it would be a low budget, straight-to-video movie. He took it for the paycheck and thought it would be fun to spend six weeks in Paris with his family. This movie redefined his career as an action star and it’s awesome to watch over and over again.

I saw this one in the theater. I never noticed that after Marco says good luck in the house Liam’s character immediately looks up resizing the room. Also in that scene when he says good luck it sounded like the entire audience took a deep breath in.

A great movie with a happy ending. Sadly, human trafficking is very real and most stories don't end that well.

49:22 Such a passionate, heartfelt reaction from all the girls - that must come (as Lia & all of you comment) from a genuine empathy for the girls like Kim, who are real-life victims of human trafficking.

The knife is called a Kerambit, it's fillipeno in origin, used in a kali/arnis. It mimics a cats claw, and used in a blade down grip. Out of all the knives out there that one is a pure combat knife. Loved your reactions ladies, Stay Frosty out there!!

It’s movies like this that make the question roll in my head “how far would you go to save someone you loved” not all of us have what skills Brian had, not all of us are as efficient in hand to hand combat or weapons, and yet we’d still try to save them. It’s a both haunting, and humbling thought. Just a movie did that so well, you know you did good with it

Moral: always listen to your father they are your protectors

As a dad of twin girls...I would do the same for them..(any dad would)... sadly today's society is vilifying dad's feelings this way...with toxic masculinity..dads need masculinity to protect our girls from the evil in this world!

movie still holds up today. the sequels are not as good but taken as a movie does speak alot to many parents.

At the end...when step daddy says "Brian...anything you need..."......while looking straight at the delusional ex wife, I would have said "Two words......SOLE....CUSTODY!"

37:10 The change in Ellie’s facial expressions from when he showed the bullets from the gun to when he shot the wife 😂

Every parent, every child should know that THIS IS the world we live in sadly. This goes on every day and we all need to do more to prevent it.

You ladies are awesome. Saying "I'm going to call my daddy after this" was wonderful 💜

Can you imagine, as a father, hearing your daughter screaming and being taken and being so helpless in that moment. And then to remain calm and process it to work out what to do. great movie

"He had to start with knife, not with punch." I knew Ellie should watch this film ever since her reaction to The Equalizer. 😝

About the singer at the beginning. It may not be people trying to kill her, but also all her "fans" who might want to get an autograph or touch her and try to be close to her and if everyone wants that at the same time there can be a stampede and chaos can ensue. In the chaos, violence happens and that is why security and bodyguards are needed.

The speech Liam Neeson gives over the phone to the bad guys. Chills every time. Goes straight to the top of the "do not mess with this guy" list. Marco fucked around and found out.

48:10 There is a reason for that. He knew that they had a family unit there, even if he was the ex, and he wanted her current family to be together, without complicating anything with his presence. That's Real Father energy right there.

There are a lot of women in California that are very entitled and think the world is safe enough for them and their children to do whatever they want. They learn the hard way it just is not the case. They should listen to Daddy.

Liam Neeson opening monologue to the kidnappers "I have a special sets of skills" has become Cinematic stuff of legend. I want a Taken/John Wick spinoff: Liam Neeson needs to team up with John Wick to rescue his kidnapped dog from the international dog trade

You all look so great! Awesome reaction ladies. This is one of my favorite Liam Neeson movies. The line, “I don’t know who you are but…” is an iconic quote now and has been parodied so many times on TV. Thanks for watching it!

You girls are crack up , “ take your knife and sleep “ 😂when he’s getting electrocuted, “it’s not enough pain”😂 great reaction, a fathers love can be amazing, but there’s very few great fathers these days , hope you all have great parents, love and cherish them because it’s becoming a rare commodity.❤️💙

What I love about this film is how much Brian loved his daughter. It reminded me of how much my father loved me. Even as an adult he wanted to come over and set a carpet cleaner straight because he was stressing me out. I was over 30 and my dad wanted to protect me from a stupid carpet cleaner that was trying to upsell me on stuff I didn't need. Brian was prepared and did whatever it took to get his daughter back and that is what I love about this film. Brian just handled his business and didn't care about the corrupt and half corrupt people that were standing in his way. He just took them out and kept on towards the goal of getting his daughter. I love that. No silly discussions, just efficient steps to save the family.

"He has to start with knife not with punch!" Elle proving that shes still savage as fuck! lmao

I genuinely forgot you had reacted to this movie. Watching it again here reminded me of how powerful and emotional this movie was for you all. Seeing this movie with you ladies gave me a new perspective I had never thought of before. Thank You for this incredibly powerful reaction Ellie, Lia, Michelle & Viki.

Loved your reactions to this. One of the best I've seen. I made a big mistake when this was released. I saw the trailer and was suspicious of allowing his daughter to be taken. What a stupid cretin I was. Two years later, I went to visit my dad in Florida, USA, and I saw it on his big tv in his home office and I could have kicked myself. Turned out to be one of the best thrillers I had seen in years. I ordered it on US blu ray as soon as I got home. Still have it. An amazing thriller. Sadly, also, this really does go on even now and it's sickening to know that. But he was able to save his daughter, that was the point. Like you said, one of the greatest fathers ever, despite not being there much to begin with. He more than made up for that. We don't always get great fathers.

The dinner scene will never get old for me. He's such a savage for what he did and say but i absolutely love it. Man's is not messing around with his quest to find his daughter

4:47 Notoriety, same with the woman who shot Selena and others who've been stalked and attacked celebs. Mental fans. 45:54 And that knife in english is called a Karambit, I have a couple myself. I was already somewhat aware of this kind of trafficking before seeing this, but afterwards, the more I've learned, scary stuff for sure.

I recommend another daughter-abduction thriller movie "Don't Say A Word" (2001) which also stars Famke Janssen.

The knife is a karambit, a very popular knife in Silat (Indonesian Martial Art) and Filipino Martial Arts, which was a lot of the fighting styles used in the movie.

Damn, I've never seen so much emotion in a reaction video. Good job.

I have to say,as much as I love all these Ladies I just could not help but watch Ellie throughout this movie for all her facial expressions and comments,she is such a sweetheart but every now and again she would scream out "KILL THEM/HIM or SHOOT HIM...This had me laughing so much.She has such an expressive face.Looking forward to the next one.

Best reaction ever girls:-) so sincere and emotional, Liam is great, and i would also turn the world over if that happened to my daughter, i would never stop...

It's so wild to see the difference women and men react to this movie. Like me, ya'll react to things that men just don't pick up on or feel about seeing the women that men dont. I have seen a bunch of reactions of guys to this movie and none of them felt for the girls at the constuction site/house, they were just focusing on the fight scene. Love that I feel validated by all of you. This was a great watch. :)

I really love that taken is getting reacted to a lot lately. It's a movie series worth watching man. These my favorite.

the knife is a karambit or kerambit, kurambik or karambiak it is a small Indonesian curved knife resembling a claw from Minangkabau people of West Sumatra. The karambit is one of the weapons commonly used in pencak silat and Filipino martial arts.

about 18 years ago i was at a bar in berlin, an australian girl who i had the hots for was dancing and she was literally pulled away into an alleyway i got there in time to save her it scares me today to think what could have happened to her.

If the girls like Famke Jannsen so much they should watch House on Haunted Hill. She’s gorgeous AF in that ✨✨

You should watch the second I've heard it was good I haven't watched it yet but they said ot was good

The second one is so good. Can’t wait to see u guys see that too.

I love this film. If I were Brian I would have told my ex-wife I told you so. And don't even get me started on what I would tell that husband of hers. I wouldn't have hesitated.

The kidnapping scene is awesome, but the one in 36:54 is my favorite; Liam Neeson is great. The way he shoots the woman without hesitation and threats him while his wife is bleeding out, showing truly that he's not joking around, is perfect

Such a sad movie, despite the success of father and daughter, because throughout there are young women losing their lives. You get drugged at a party, or a van just pulls up and scoops you in, and nobody ever sees you again. It happens to boys too. The only people I've known who got kidnapped were boys (1 recovered, 1 killed).

FINALLY WHEN ALL THE GIRLS WATCH THE MOVIES IT IS SO MUCH BETTER

The sad part about this movie... What happened to Bryan's daughter? That happens ALL the time, but most of these women don't have a daddy like Bryan Mills to rescue them.

Love this movie and your reaction made it better. Would love to see your reaction to Rambo: Last Blood, I Spit On Your Grave movies, Peppermint...

This movie is phenomenal by far one of my favorite movies everybody should call their fathers and say they love them after watching this movie

I really enjoy this series and you guys had the best reaction ever. Great job young ladies. It does show how bad the world can be and you have to be aware while traveling. The acting was great. The second one isn't as good as this one but the third one is very close if not tied because of the action and suspense. Hope you get to check them all out.

From this film the great Liam Neeson would dedicate himself to action movies. He is very moving to see his reaction, girls. Obviously they feel identified because this happens to many girls in the world. By the way, a movie with a similar plot, that of women trafficking, is the incredible "Eastern Promises", with a brutal performance by Viggo Mortensen, I recommend it.

When Viki said, "Damn, he is good", I said, "Why, cuz he broke a window?" at the exact same time as Michelle. Soooo funny 😄

I appreciated your reaction to this film, but I feel like we've all heard horror stories about this type of thing - and it happens all over the world. It happens to all types of girls: smart, rich, poor, working, locals, people on vacation, etc. There are countless horrors that we humans do to each other. How do people just look the other way, and let this happen? Just for a bribe? It's awful. Stay safe everyone.

Ahora entienden la referencia en Deadpool, cuando no puede dormir y le dice a Vanessa: "tuve una pesadilla con Liam Neason, yo quería secuestrar a su hija y él no lo permitía. Ya filmaron 3 de esas películas, comienzo a creer que sólo es un mal padre"

When y'all said "Jean from X-Men", my heart melted. Subbed. Y'all are awesome. I love these kinds of first-watch reaction videos.

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The feeling I had as a kid the first time I watched this can never be replicated in any action thrillers nowadays. There's something so impactful about this film that I can never ever forget.

So many great moments in this movie, but the "you don't remember me.... i told you I would find you," line is always sooo satisfying. Same with "I believe you, but that's not gonna save you."

46:40 Reaction time is so fast that the guy would have began to cut her before the bullet hit him and his body would keep the motion after, he was waiting for him to drop his guard by talking so he wouldn't do that. It is theoretically possible to dodge a low caliber round like a pistol with your reaction time.

Great reaction ladies!! Enjoyed watching you discovering this franchise, I hope you will react to the next 2 movies!! Think you will enjoy those as well, take care ladies!!..👍👍👍👍👍

15:22 "...my dad's an artist." 😆 still love ya dad ❤👍🏼

THANK YOU !!!. I freaking love this movie. liam is what a real dad should do

24:59 Viki: "Every single one of those people need to be killed, slowly ." 25:11 Also Viki: "(No! I didn't mean the girls!)"

Great reactions. Fun to see four girls so justice and revenge oriented. Well played.

its sad that this happens irl, but damn this movie good have bryan as my dad anyday

My four Bulgarian queens ❤️❤️❤️❤️ I was hoping you ladies can react To “Four Brothers “ 2005

Rewatching the movie recently, I used to wonder why he took her hair from the shattered mirror, placed it in the bag as if it were going to be used as evidence of some kind, but then was never used or mentioned of again. I always thought of it as a continuity error. Now, as a father, I realize he took it because he thought of the possibility that this might be the last organic reminder of his child he’ll ever have.

I think his best acting role was when he played Oscar Schindler his second best was playing Brian Mills

My friend ended up in Seattle... Her parents got a creepy call from a 'preacher' I called a friend who knew that city better than I did and we almost went n did this (rescued her) until I heard it was her choice to be there... Favorite movie ever.

Please,your reaction seeing "Olympus Has Fallen".Greetings

Neesons best action flick without a doubt. That phone scene is iconic.

I absolutely loved your reaction!! This is my favorite movie. Just… a father who does ANYTHING for his child hits me right in the feels. A little comment though. Cut some slack on Leonor (Bryan’s ex wife), you can’t blame her for not “worrying” too much. Bryan was the one who during his work experienced and saw the darkest side of the world, not her, considering he neglected Kim and her for years. That’s why Bryan left his job. People who hadn’t seen that kind of stuff always thinks or try not to think that will happen to them (a clear example is the pop artist character, she was all sarcastic and even not caring about her guards UNTIL something dangerous happened). It’s the same with Kim and Leonor. It’s like an explanation to her behavior before everything happens. I say this because I used to dislike her character, saying the same stuff as you, like she doesn’t know shit or “oh NOW you care about your daughter’s safety?” But c’mon, it’s the typical she just didn’t know until it was too late I fell in love with Liam’s parental character,” after this movie, it’s deep and pretty dark, the best combinations really. The kidnapping scene, the first time I watched it, was so heartbreaking, seeing Bryan’s face trying to keep it together but deep down he’s dying inside.

Dog is making too much noise, shouldn't be there if you are to react to movies, imo. Loved your reactions though, keep it up!