| Overall: | C+ |
|---|---|
| Violence: | D+ |
| Sexual Content: | C- |
| Language: | C- |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | C- |
| Run Time: | 89 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 12 May 2009 |
| MPAA Rating: | |
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Taken is rated PG-13: for intense sequences of violence, disturbing thematic material, sexual content, some drug references and language.
Cast: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen
Studio: 2009 Twentieth Century Fox
Website: Official site for Taken.
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Rod Gustafson has worked in various media industries since 1977. He founded Parent Previews in 1993, and today continues to write and broadcast the reviews in newspapers, on radio and (of course) on the Internet. He currently serves as the President of the Alberta Association for Media Awareness, a provincial non-profit society. He also authors a regular column for The Parent's Television Council in Los Angeles. He and his wife Donna have four children.
