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Taken (2017)

Taken poster
Genre
drama television series, thriller television series
Country
United States
Length
2 seasons, 26 episodes
Rated
16
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 272 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This series tells the early story of Bryan Mills before he became the skilled operative from the movies. It follows his time as a young man learning the trade of covert operations and survival.

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What happens

Taken is an action-thriller television series based on the Taken film series. It is an origin story for Bryan Mills (Clive Standen), the character played by Liam Neeson in the trilogy. The series was commissioned with a straight-to-series-order in September 2015 and premiered on February 27, 2017, on NBC. NBC renewed the series for a second season of 16 episodes on May 9, 2017, that premiered on January 12, 2018. NBC removed the series from its schedule on April 18, 2018, and then announced that it would return on May 26, 2018. NBC canceled the series on May 11, 2018, and the final episode aired on June 30. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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