Film Analsis: Taken

Hero: Bryan Mills
Mentor: Sam
Threshold Guardian: Jean Claude, Peter
Herald: Jean Claude, Sam
Shapeshifter: St. Clair, Jean Claude
Shadow: Marco, Bryan
Trickster: The undercover police
Ordinary World: Relaxing, doing security work, wanting to spend time with his daughter Kim
Call to Adventure: Kim gets taken while traveling in Europe
Refusal of the Call: When Bryan is in Paris and he refuses to meet with his old friend
Meeting With the Mentor: Talking with Sam and he is telling him about the people who took his daughter and important information
Crossing the Threshold: He flies from the United States to Paris, France which he doesn't know anything about.
Tests, Allies, Enemies: Doesn't know where his daughter is, drugged lady, St. Clair, Marco,
Approach: He is caught by the enemies and they want to kill him
Ordeal: The Sheik has a knife on his daughter's throat as Bryan watches
Reward: He gets his daughter back
The Road Back: He finds a man who knows who has his daughter and he commits to finding his daughter and getting her back.
Resurrection: Enemies have him and are gong to kill him, than he brings all his knowledge from when he was spy back and gets away.
Return with Elixir: He returns Kim back to her mom, they can all heal knowing that she is safe.

The Journey

Jackson was sitting in the Starbucks at 1500 Broadway sipping his coffee when he felt the vibration of his phone. It was a text from his friend Matt it said "I have a proposal for you, meet me at 5 at Monks". Matt did his other Sunday activities and arrived at Monks at five. Matt was already at a table waiting for Jackson. Jackson took a seat and asked what was this great proposal. Matt pulled something out of his coat pocket without saying a word and handed them to Jackson. They were one way plane tickets to Las Vegas for tomorrow! What kind of proposal is this asked Jackson. We need a break, get your money, pack your bags and screw your catholic ways. Lets get out of New York and have some fun replied Matt. Jackson had been taught all his life to never gamble and now his best friend was trying to get him to go against something he had been taught. After some heavy convincing from Matt, Jackson agreed to take the one way ticket and go have some fun.

Hero: Jackson
Ordinary world: New York City going to school at NYU and working to become an actuary.
Call to adventure: When he meets his friend and his friend hands him a one way plane ticket to Las Vegas and he decides to take it.
Special world: Las Vegas, the capital city of sin