Ameriatch One of the best films i have seen

Claysaba Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Stoutor It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

Sanjeev Waters A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Ferris Vueller The show is loosely based alien abduction and UFO sightings. But it's more like a drama with magic and fantasy. There's no sci-fi component to it, the aliens do everything by magic, not science. You rarely get the chance to wonder "how does that work?", because it's all magic. Definitely nothing to do with science.And the aliens can do everything from teleportation to time dilation and faster than light travel, yet they can't figure out emotion? We can genetically engineer animals better today than those stupid aliens ever could. It's comical, NOT SCI FI.

schaudhurikol This series first came on TV when I was only 11 years old and I never missed a single episode. 10 years down the road I got my hands on the DVD. Believe me, watching it even after 10 years hasn't changed my mind. This series is one of the best I have ever watched(I have watched quite a lot of them). Don't watch it as a sci-fi with brilliant graphics. The human characters, their emotions, their complexities is what makes this series absolutely brilliant. In some sense it is quite dark when compared to The Close Encounters of The Third Kind or the E.T. Young Dakota Fanning is very good. I suggest TAKEN for everyone, provided you can watch it an open mind. Cheers Mr. Spielberg!

MrGKB ...it's small wonder that Steven "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial" Spielberg was the guy riding shotgun on this production, not to mention the wide range of acting, directing, and production talent who collaborated to bring this baby to fruition. Just to mention a few: exacting art direction by Chris "Minority Report" Gorak; stellar DP work from Joel "The X-Files" Ransom and Jonathan "Possible Worlds" Freeman; tight direction from the likes of Tobe "Invaders From Mars" Hooper, Jeremy "Roswell" Kagan, and numerous others with shows like "The X-Files," "Dark Angel," and "The Outer Limits" under their belts; effective special effects and make-up from the Dreamworks team; last but not least, some prime performances from a generation-spanning cast, capped off by an exquisite turn from rising star (pun fully intended), Dakota "I Am Sam" Fanning. All of these efforts build on the foundation of a well-structured script from Leslie Bohem, a writer who unfortunately has yet to be attached to a successful film beyond "A Nightmare on Elm Stree: Dream Warriors." I won't belabor the plot, other than to mention that it covers most all the bases in modern UFO mythology. The core of the tale is the various human (and alien) relationships that form over the course of the half century or so in which it unfolds, and for the most part these are handled very well indeed. Characterizations are consistent and believable within the context of the fantastical content, with only occasional lapses in logic beyond the obvious ones that afflict the genre (like, just how does the government keep a tight lid on a cover-up that involves hundreds if not thousands of personnel, but never mind, that takes the fun out of the telling of it). I watched it twice on DVD with a number of years between viewings, and liked it both times, particularly enjoying the precocious talents of Ms. Fanning.Probably the only real complaint I'd lodge would be against the typically Spielbergian, highly manipulative score by Laura Karpman. I think the show might have been all the more impressive without such overt plucking of heartstrings and sluicing of tear ducts.Regardless, "Taken" is a fine piece of work, very engaging, and if nothing else, helped propel Ms. Fanning into the ranks of acting stardom. Recommended to all fans of the genre.

Gaurav Tiwary It was not just 10 episodes, but was 10 days of my life that went in love, wonder, enthusiasm, excitement and thinking about it and its subject. Technically, it was close to perfect. Good direction, nice acting, speedy and lovable script and very nice cinematography. But not just technically, the movie also wins heavy points in everything it was. Let's start with the story first. It is about three generations of three families entangled in some secret mission of aliens and a quest to find what that mission was. They were Crawford's, Keys and Clarke's. Clarke's were associated with aliens. They were the breed of it. Keys were 'Taken' by the aliens. And, Crawford's wanted to solve the mystery. They wanted the answers. But, answers are never simple; neither is the way of finding them. Answers are not always good too. Many of the times when we get them, we regret the moment we asked the question. But, nevertheless, we ask them, because, and so was said by Allie in the movie too, questions drive us. They make us go forward, and they make us move on. But, even though these questions are so much important to us, getting the final truth not just destroy us, but also ruin many thing around us. Some answers are not possible to get, some answers cannot be comprehended. And, so, we should know when to let it go. One more thing, which is very important, is to understand that in our quest of knowing the truth, we should not forget the difference between right and wrong. Because, that's what make us different, and that is what makes us special. Movies have always been a source of knowledge to me. I have learned and have been inspired from a lot of movie. The same is the case with this Mini TV series. It made me learn things, and understand them. The best part, after its story, was the cast. It's not natural for me to love almost all the casts and characters of a movie. But, it's the case with Taken. Everyone was brilliant in their role. I especially very much liked whole of the 'Keys' family, and John, and Own Crawford, and Doctor Chet, and finally, our sweetest Allie. Dakota Fanning, who played the part of Allie, was not just cute and charming, but also brave, and real in that role. It wouldn't be wrong to say that I was waiting for her from the very first episode. The characters that I didn't like were that of Lisa Crawford and The General. I hated that Bastard when he tried to show off his morality in the end, after obviously ruining himself. Lisa was a bitch. I wanted her to die, but, well, she too lived. I didn't like the end of the movie. I wanted it to end on a happy note. Yeah, it made logic and sense, but still, I expected something else. Again, if that were to happen, then what was the point to wait for so long? It could have occurred a long time before. All the hard work that Lisa, Charlie and Tom did somehow went into Futile.But, apart from that, I loved it all along. And, this one, I will add into the list of my All Time favorite TV series.