Taken

February 22, 2009 in Audacity | Comments (5)

After taking me to my favorite Mediterranean restaurant on Thursday (we celebrated Vday this week since we were in STG over the weekend), Sam took me to see the new Liam Neeson movie “Taken” – not exactly the romantic comedy we were originally going for when we got the theater. But the lady at the counter recommended it over any of the others showing and we had a free pass so we consented. The story line is about an ex-spy whose daughter travels to Europe with a friend and gets kidnapped by a group of Albanian human traffickers specializing in kidnapping young tourists, addicting them to drugs, and selling them as prostitutes (like I said, NOT a feel good, happy movie…) Anyway, it WAS action packed and I did stay awake the whole movie – as opposed to the last time we went to the movies =)

So yeah, pretty much Liam (the spy) impresses all by his hand-to-hand combat skilz and rescues his daughter within the 96 hour time frame he has (that is before the girls can’t be traced and are never found again). Every single sex trafficking character in the movie gets violently killed single-handedly by Liam and the audience is A-OK with that.

So on to the real question….

If you had to choose one, which of the following strangers is dangerous and with whom you would never want your daughter share a taxi?

fallah

Fallah – Jordanian Bedouin

mahmoud

Mahmoud – Egyptian hostel owner

eddie

Eddie – American tourist in Isreal

turkish-shopkeeper

Turkish Shopkeeper

turkish-rug

Turkish Rug Sellers

peter

Peter – Austrian from the subway

..

or him…

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5 Responses to “Taken”

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  1. Comment by Ron — February 22, 2009 at 7:57 pm   Reply

    Sorry, none of the pics are viewable so cannot respond very well. Glad you enjoyed the movie, though.

  2. Comment by A2February 22, 2009 at 10:30 pm   Reply

    Okay, they should show now…

  3. Comment by DeboraFebruary 23, 2009 at 7:02 am   Reply

    Now you know why the rest of us were nervous about your trip :) I think it is a tie between Mahmoud and Eddie, although we all know that you were really “taken” by that Sam guy :)

  4. Comment by alannaFebruary 23, 2009 at 7:20 am   Reply

    Umm…I’d be weary of that guy with white eyebrows.
    Just kidding. I love that you put his picture there. :)
    Seriously, while you were on that trip we would pray for you to come home safely during family prayer.
    Glad you’re home. :)

  5. Comment by Mel — February 25, 2009 at 1:45 am   Reply

    How can I resist…That Sam guy is pretty scary.

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