French Government
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Taken
nihatb48 — 10 years ago(October 08, 2015 03:59 AM)
So, according to now behind a desk, ex-field agent Jean-Claude, the French Government is helpless against these violent Albanian human-traffickers whose numbers have grown to hundreds, yet Superdad Bryan Mills storms in and takes out about two dozens of them along with a French "auctioneer", a perverted sheikh and their crew, all by himself and in less than a week's time ! Wow, if they were to supply him with enough ammunition and a couple of agents just to watch his back, he could eradicate this problem before the month is out
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marc-hyde — 10 years ago(October 13, 2015 07:55 AM)
Did you miss the long section of the movie where Mills learns that corrupt members of the French government (including his friend Jean-Claude) are implicitly taking bribes to allow the human trafficking to take place?
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mikeyg24 — 9 years ago(August 29, 2016 03:57 AM)
The auctioneer was supposed to be American.
Not necessarily. In an interview on Irish television Liam Neeson said the movie was originally intended to be a straight to DVD actioner and they didn't overly concern themselves with dialogue or accents.
Think about it, the Albanians have been in France a while. They may not recognise a hybrid Irish American accent but they sure as heck would have noticed that the Director of French Intelligence didn't sound very French.
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