Review of Taken

The series spans a bracket of 40-50 years staring from the end of warld war II. The storyline is in general quite interesting. I've particularly liked the connections with historical facts, such as the succession if United States presidents and the cold war including the Cuba missile crisis. The plot is follows the entangled lifes of three American families, starting from the great-grandfathers all the way down to the grandchildren. I found the jumps from one decade to the other quite interesting also from a style point of view. Unfortunately, this approach only last for the first half of the series, with the second part focused around the life of what can be considered the real main character of the series as a kid (and her mother). I definitely liked more the approach taken in the first half.

On the style, the plot evolution focus present in the first half of the series leaves room to the more action-focused style in the second half of the episodes. Again on the style, the first prize goes to the voice-over which opens and closes most of the episodes. The praise goes to the content of the narrating voice as well as to the sound of it, pleasantly soft.

On the downside, I didn't like the excess of Hollywood style action present in the second half of the series. I found it totally fleshy, poorly made, and most of all unnecessary as this series is centered around the Sci-fi plot rather than the action of the characters.