Maps of Movies

Taken (2008)

Where Taken says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

A father's phone call, a 96-hour clock, and a Paris where the exact streets are hard to pin down

Scenes and places

The concert where Bryan saves a pop star (2008)

Bryan, a retired CIA officer, tries to get closer to his teenage daughter Kim while working security at a pop star's concert. He stops an attacker with a knife, which sets up an offer to help Kim's singing.

Set in Los Angeles — Bryan's home city and the concert where he does security work. Google Maps · Apple Maps

The city where Bryan lives and where the film opens.

Filmed at Los Angeles (city level) — The French Wikipedia lists North Hollywood, Sherman Oaks, Fremont Mansion and Hollywood Boulevard as Los Angeles filming places; it does not say which scene was shot where, so this pin is the city only. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The airport where Bryan learns the truth about the trip (2008)

Bryan, pressured by his ex-wife, reluctantly agrees to let Kim fly to Paris with her friend Amanda. At the airport he learns the girls' real plan is to follow a rock band around Europe.

Set in Los Angeles airport — Where Kim leaves for Paris. Google Maps · Apple Maps

The departure gate of the trip.

Kim and Amanda land in Paris (2008)

Kim and Amanda land in France and meet a friendly stranger named Peter, who offers them a ride. What they do not know is that he is passing their details to someone.

Set in Charles de Gaulle Airport — Where Kim and Amanda arrive and meet Peter. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Paris's main international airport, north-east of the city.

The phone call from the apartment (2008)

Bryan is on the phone with Kim when men enter the apartment. He coaches her to call out descriptions of the kidnappers, then warns them over the line. The call ends with a cold 'good luck'.

Set in Amanda's cousins' apartment — A Paris apartment where the two girls stay alone. Google Maps · Apple Maps

A Paris apartment, location in the city not named in the sources.

Filmed at Paris (city level) — Filming took place in Paris, but no source ties the apartment scene to a street. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Bryan chases Peter at the airport (2008)

Bryan finds Kim's broken phone, checks its memory card and spots Peter in a photo. He tracks Peter to the airport where Peter is luring another girl, and a chase follows.

Set in Charles de Gaulle Airport — Where Bryan tracks down the scout who tipped off the ring. Google Maps · Apple Maps

The same airport where Kim arrived.

The red-light district (2008)

With his only lead gone, Bryan turns to a former intelligence contact. He is warned to stay out of the ring's business, then plants a listening device on one of its pimps.

Set in Paris red-light district — A Paris district where the Albanian ring operates; the film's exact street is not identified in the sources.

Location in Paris not given in the sources.

The construction yard (2008)

Led there by the bug and a translator, Bryan finds a drugged young woman wearing Kim's jacket. Getting her out sets off a violent gunfight.

Set in Construction yard brothel — A makeshift brothel; the sources give no location.