Taken

Tonight, my husband and I watched the movie "Taken" with Liam Neeson. While watching it, I found myself become more anxious, tense, angry, and aggressive. For those of you who don't know what it's about, Liam Neeson's character is a retired CIA spy-type. His semi-estranged daughter goes to Europe on a trip and gets kidnapped. He is on the phone with her when it happens, and it turns out that she has been taken by people who traffic women. He goes over to Europe to find her by any means possible. It is a very violent, action-packed film. I did not like the level of violence and swearing, but I did like that it raised awareness of the problem of female slavery/prostitution. I was also disturbed by the number of people injured and/or killed in the search for the daughter. I think it was a well made film, but not necessary the best movie to watch in terms of emotional intensity and visual content.