| Taken | |
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| Genre | |
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Taken by Luc Besson Robert Mark Kamen |
| Developed by | Alexander Cary |
| Starring | |
| Composer(s) | Trevor Morris |
| Country of origin | France United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 7 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
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| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
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| Distributor | NBCUniversal Television Distribution |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | February 27, 2017 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Taken is a Franco-American drama series based on the Taken film trilogy. The series acts as a modern day origin story.Clive Standen stars as a younger version of Bryan Mills, the character played by Liam Neeson in the trilogy. The series was commissioned with a straight-to-series-order in September 2015. The series premiered on February 27, 2017, on NBC.
Former Green Beret Bryan Mills must overcome a personal tragedy, in order to get revenge while starting his career as a special intelligence operative.
The funeral scenes were filmed at Christ Anglican Church in Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada.
Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the series an approval rating of 35% based on 26 reviews, with an average rating of 5/10. On Metacritic, the series has a score of 46 out of 100, based on 22 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".