[Drew68]

Taken has increased awareness for parents and for girls. My daughter is 21. She saw Taken a year ago. She’s going to Spain for a college language immersion trip and is taking self defense courses and is completely aware of the importance of hanging with a group. Solely because of the movie.

I think the whole premise of the movie is silly. If I were a pimp in Europe, the Middle East, etc., why would I go through the trouble to kidnap spoiled and defiant American girls and expend the energy trying to force them into prostitution when there are tens of thousands of beautiful Russian and Ukrainian girls who would willingly work for me?

[ilgipper]

Money. The premise is an American girl has high value.

Sort of an ego move, like the wealthy buyer is getting one up on the U.S., I suppose.

[robowombat]

Bingo. This is another of those truths that can’t be uttered in the media.