Perhaps. Pierce has had this movie on his mind a lot longer than Taken has existed, however Taken did make a genre for the shall we say older Irish gentlemanDaltonite Toothpaste wrote:It doesn't look to bad, but I think you're putting this film on too high of a pedestal. I still think Brosnan is trying so hard to be seen in the same light as Liam Neeson.
Pierce has long said he is not done with the spy genre, to be realistic he can not play a 30 year old breaking into the spy game, neither could Daniel Craig for that matter. However Timothy and Pierce did very well playing a young active 007, Timothy was in his early forties when he took on James Bond, Pierce was about the same age, Daniel has shown how remarkable that is. Both Timothy and Pierce were ready for many more 007s at the age Daniel is causing the movie makes to press for a facelift.
I've wandered a bit off my main point, Take comparisons I don't believe can be avoided however I am not sure this movie is engineered to be a Taken clone.