This past weekend, the action-thriller Taken , starring Liam Neeson and Maggie Grace, was the #1 movie in the country, and it also became the top opening U.S. release for French action producer Luc Besson. The day before the movie opened, ComingSoon.net had a chance to talk with the film's director Pierre Morel, who previously directed the futuristic action flick District B13 .