The story is really interesting on how it's told about a patient who has Alzheimer's disease that has something sinster inside of her. It's well built up, and the movie gives a lot of interesting information about the disease throughout. I also like some parts of the movie that documentary purposes for the story.

The creepiness factor is pretty effective on the scares, and the climax is really suspenseful. Also, the ending gives off a spooky vibe to it.

The characters are pretty good throughout and have solid development. Deborah is a patient who has athe disease and goes through a development on her becoming more strange and violent. Sarah is Deborah's daughter, who tries her best to help her mother and do anything to fix her. Harris is a strange character who has a secret about him.

As for the documentary crew, they're mostly mixed. I really like Gavin because he feels realistic and makes a smart decision. Mia and Luis aren't that interesting, but they still support the characters.

Let me get one thing out first: this was not a great movie. It could be a good movie, but right now I'm such in shock that I don't know how I feel. I don't understand the reviews saying this movie is boring or slow. I felt like it had a very nice pace that kept the story rolling and my interest high.

What I will say is that the biggest detriment to this movie is that it was willing to have its characters make stupid choices in order for the creepy, intense scenes to happen. People often don't turn on lights when they are readily available (or should be, maybe there were unspoken reasons why the lights weren't working?). When Deborah becomes violent and injures people, she is not kept under lock and key until they can figure out how to treat her, rather she is allowed to go home time and again so she can do the same things. And of course, people go into places alone when they shouldn't, and don't call for back up when they should.

That being said, I have to hand it to the filmmakers for creating some of the most intense and effective scaring that I've seen in years. Not even just the finale (I'll get to that later) but intermittently. Not everything works, and not every scare is fresh or original, but quite a few of them hit the mark and had me at the edge of my seat.

And finally the ending. I had read in other reviews that this was quite the doozy, and I have to admit I was in no way, shape, or form prepared. I don't want to over-hype it (although I can't imagine how), but that was something I could not have seen coming, and for the first time in my horror-loving life, I actually had to look away from the screen. The image is still burned in my mind.

I can say that the ending almost made the whole thing worth it, but just for setting up the scary bits I can't rationalize all the stupidity the characters show. As a whole, I don't regret watching "Taking" but it definitely had its flaws.

That ending though...

The main issue I had is the same as another reviewer. Turn the damn lights on people. Too many scenes where there was no reason for the lights to be off and it was just used as an effect. Otherwise I enjoyed this one. The end scenes are some of the creepier ones ive come across.