Liam Neeson started his second career (of sorts) as an action star with 2008's Taken, and you can rewatch the action classic tonight.
In case you needed reminding, Taken sees Neeson play ex-CIA officer Bryan Mills who has to dust off his particular set of skills when his teenage daughter Kim (Maggie Grace) and her best friend Amanda (Katie Cassidy) are kidnapped while on holiday in France.
It was a huge hit with more than $225 million worldwide and spawned two not-very-good sequels and a prequel TV series that was also not very good.
But the first movie remains an action classic and if you fancy a rewatch – or, somehow, have never even seen it – Taken airs tonight (January 17) at 9pm on Film4.
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If you miss it tonight, then the movie receives a repeat airing next Wednesday (January 22) at 11.05pm on Film4.
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We get it if you just can't wait to rewatch Taken now that we've put that iconic speech back in your head. If that's the case, Taken is available to watch right now on Disney+ for all subscribers, as well as the two sequels.
If you're not a subscriber, you can sign up to the streaming service from £4.99 per month for the Disney+ Standard with Ads package. There are also ad-free options available for £8.99 and £12.99 per month.
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Back in 2016, Neeson shot down the possibility of a fourth Taken movie. "There's only so many times your daughter can be taken," he joked. "Actually if we do have another it will be, 'Please can you take my daughter'?"
But he's been busy with plenty of other action movies, such as In the Land of Saints and Sinners, which is available to watch now on Netflix.
Taken airs tonight (January 17) at 9pm on Film4.
Movies Editor, Digital Spy Ian has more than 10 years of movies journalism experience as a writer and editor. Starting out as an intern at trade bible Screen International, he was promoted to report and analyse UK box-office results, as well as carving his own niche with horror movies, attending genre festivals around the world. After moving to Digital Spy, initially as a TV writer, he was nominated for New Digital Talent of the Year at the PPA Digital Awards. He became Movies Editor in 2019, in which role he has interviewed 100s of stars, including Chris Hemsworth, Florence Pugh, Keanu Reeves, Idris Elba and Olivia Colman, become a human encyclopedia for Marvel and appeared as an expert guest on BBC News and on-stage at MCM Comic-Con. Where he can, he continues to push his horror agenda – whether his editor likes it or not.
