Boring, over-political, tech fuzed mess

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

SCFI themed dramas is rarely a good idea,Taken proves the point. It's just not interesting..The bottom line is you follow a few family's trough generations.Which you can divide into two camps.One side, has one or two in each generation abducted,the other side is the government, investigation into UFO's and alien abductions etc. and doing everything in their power to keep it secret,so they can learn the secret behind their tech.The problem with the entire series is,nothing really happens. It's all very stereotypical.Alien abducted me ,they did weird experiments on me yada yada. No cliff hangers, no nothing.There's really nothing much to be excited about.All just a lot of talk and family dramas.The entire show is basically built on Steven Spielbergs hard-on for aliens.I bet,that if Spielberg wasn't behind this.It would never been green lighted

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!

I really don't understand how this show has such a high overall rating or where the people are coming from who gave it positive reviews.I gave up halfway through the second episode as it was so boring it hurt! I am amazed that Spielberg was involved in this, what was he thinking?! The acting is dire, the effects look like something from 1971, the plot is vague and the script is like something written by a retired maths teacher who has never married.Maybe it improved as the series went on? I don't know as I would rather gouge out my right eye with a spoon than continue watching to find out!I just wish there was a way I could get back the time of my life that I wasted attempting to watch this rubbish!

I could not warm up to this very long miniseries when it debuted, although I am watching it again on Syfy and hoping for a better feeling toward it. The plot takes place over decades ands has to do with alien visitation -- and I don't mean our unwanted visitors from south of the border. It plays more like a soap opera than anything else. Spielberg simply is not Quinn Martin, and "Taken" is not "The Invaders." It lacks suspense and excitement and fails to hold my interest. A big cast featuring several familiar faces does its best. But its best just isn't good enough. If someone would edit this down to a 2- or even 3-hour movie, I would be more than glad to give it another look-see. Shot in Canada.