History WMG / Taken

It tells some of[[LiamNeeson Ra's Al Ghul's]] backstory, with all the names and details changed to preserve confidentially of course.

[[WMG: bryan Mills is Darkman.]]

[[WMG: Jamie is one of Muad's last two sons.]]
He is living in America to [[MajoredInWesternHypocrisy recieve a Western Education]] so that he'll grow up to handle the family's more [[TheConsigliere legimitate]] business interests. As of the end of ''Taken 2'', he knows now that Bryan is the man who killed his father and brother.
* Since Jamie was dating Kim before Muad even found out who Bryan was, it'd be one hell of a coincidence that Muad's son just happens to be dating his enemy's daughter. Also, Bryan did a background check on Jamie, and apparently didn't find anything suspicious. If he'd discovered Jamie was an Albanian immigrant who comes from the same area as the slavers in the first movie, that probably would have made him react in some way.

Kim and Jamie's young daughter. (Played, inevitably, by [[TwentyFour Claire]] [[{{Inception}} Geare]].)

He is living in America to [[MajoredInWesternHypocrisy recieve a Western Education]] so that he'll grow up to handle the family's more [[TheConsigliere legimitate]] business interests. As of the end of ''Taken 2'', he knows now that Bryan is the man who killed his father and brother.

Kim and Jamie's young daughter. (Played, inevitably, by [[TwentyFour Claire]] [[{{Inception}} Geare]].)

* [[MadeOfWin You are awesome and this is now my personal canon]].

TDKR spoilers: [[spoiler:It's set after his backstory scenes in Film/TheDarkKnightRises, and show what a ''phenomenally'' bad idea it was to try and kidnap a teenage Talia.]]

[[WMG: {{Taken}} is actually a prequel to TheDarkKnightSaga]]

TDKR spoilers: [[spoiler:It's set after his backstory scenes in TheDarkKnightRises, and show what a ''phenomenally'' bad idea it was to try and kidnap a teenage Talia.]]

You remember that guy who was tied to a chair and [[ElectricTorture tortured]] by Bryan? At the end of the scene, Bryan turns on the switch one last time before leaving the room, letting the [[AssholeVictim poor guy]] burn. You know what I think? [[CrowningMomentOfFunny I think]] [[OffscreenInertia he's still]] [[AndIMustScream sitting on that]] [[AFateWorseThanDeath god damn chair]]!

You remember that guy who was tied to a chair and [[ElectricTorture tortured]] by Bryan? At the end of the scene, Bryan turns on the switch one last time before leaving the room, letting the [[AssholeVictim poor guy]] burn. You know what I think? [[CrowningMomentOfFunny I think]] [[TethercatPrinciple he's still]] [[AndIMustScream sitting on that]] [[AFateWorseThanDeath god damn chair]]!

You remember that guy who was tied to a chair and [[ElectricTorture tortured]] by Bryan? At the end of the scene, Bryan turns on the switch one last time before leaving the room, letting the [[AssholeVictim poor guy]] burn. You know what I think? [[CrowningMomentOfFunny I think he's still]] [[AndIMustScream sitting on that]] [[AFateWorseThanDeath god damn chair]]!

An AlternativeCharacterInterpretation I've thought of...What we're given of Bryan's past, and indeed some of how he acts now that ItsPersonal, could easily indicate that he is, if not necessarily a RetiredCompleteMonster, at least someone who could easily have been the villain of another story in his younger years.

** I agree, maybe it was even a prequel. Even my mom thought it was part of the Taken universe when she watched it.

Come on, [[spoiler:he's a super badass assassin spy kicking ass in a major European capital]], only this time with amnesia. His line "I didn't forget everything, I know how to kill you, asshole" is pure Bryan.

** As far as This Troper is concerned, this is Canon. Even WordOfGod will not be able to contradict the canon status of this.

We have no clues that Bryan stopped killing human traffickers at the end of the movie. It's perfectly possible that, after he's spent some time with his beloved daughter, he'll just get back to business and kill the rest of the organization. After all, they know to much, and they weren't exactly nice towards his daughter, so he has a good reason to finish them off. And when the streets of Paris are drenched in the blood of the traffickers that were foolish enough to think they cound handle a war against hells most prolific servant, he'll leave the terrified city and declare another war on all the criminals of the United States. And then, he'll meet [[ThePunisher Frank Castle]]. It won't take long for them to kill every single criminal in the world, and soon, hell will freeze and the darkness itself will whisper the name of every single grieving mother they have created, and the laughter of the dark gods will be silenced when they gaze into the eyes of Bryan and Castle. The world will never be the same again... and all of this because some asshole thought it would be hilarious to kidnap Bryans daughter! Thank you, fucker!

Obviously, {{Taken}} takes place during a temporary retirement, and after the whole mess with rescuing his daughter, he went back to his old job after realizing that it's what he was meant to do.