"First they took his daughter. Now they're coming for him."

2012

1h 31m

6.4(7285 votes)

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Crime

Thriller

Overview

In Istanbul, retired CIA operative Bryan Mills and his wife are taken hostage by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing his daughter.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Liam Neeson

Bryan Mills

Maggie Grace

Kim Mills

Famke Janssen

Lenore St. John

Leland Orser

Sam Gilroy

D. B. Sweeney

Bernie Harris

Jon Gries

Mark Casey

Rade Šerbedžija

Murad Krasniqi

Luke Grimes

Jamie

Kevork Malikyan

Inspector Durmaz

Alain Figlarz

Suko

Creative team

Directed by: Olivier Megaton
Written by: Robert Mark Kamen
Luc Besson
Produced by: Luc Besson

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