
'Taken' With Bill Simmons and Shea Serrano
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The Evolution of Action Movies
There was a point we're talking about the early 2000s where action movies have always sort of evolved. With Taken, part of the reason Taken to me was so exciting was because we went back to the very basic, okay, here's what happened and here's how we win. But beforehand, there was nobody who could do what Liam Neeson was doing with Taken. And I think sometimes with action movies, when it's like the first time we're in the situation with an actor that usually works to the benefit of the movie.
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