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Murad Hoxha is the main antagonist of the Taken trilogy, being the overarching antagonist of the 2008 action thriller film Taken and the main antagonist of its 2012 sequel Taken 2.
He is a crime boss and freelance terrorist who was the head of the Albanian mafia. He is the father of Marko Hoxha, the human trafficker who tried to sell Bryan Mills' daughter Kim in the first film, leading Murad and his men to hunt down Mills in Europe to kill him in revenge.
He was portrayed by Rade Šerbedžija, who also played Dmitri Gredenko in 24, Andrei Strasser in Mighty Joe Young, Mikhaylo Sczerbiak in Shooter, Boris the Blade in Snatch, and Captain William Blake in The Fog.
History[]
Murad is the father of Marko Hoxha, one of the kidnappers who took Bryan Mills' daughter, Kim, in the first film. Bryan ended up killing Marko by electrocuting him, and Murad becomes hellbent on avenging his son as well as the many other Albanians Bryan murdered during his search for Kim.
Murad and his men torture a corrupt ex-officer named Jean-Claude Pitrel to learn Bryan's identity before killing him, then track Bryan, Kim and his wife Lenore to Istanbul in Turkey. Murad's men capture both Bryan and Lenore but Kim, who is still at the hotel, receives instructions from Bryan which allows her to help free him. An obvious misogynist, Murad tells Bryan while in captivity that Kim will be sold back into prostitution to be "had by so many men that she will be nothing more than a piece of meat not even a dog would have" and he will have to watch Lenore die of blood loss. He then has his men cut a small slit in her neck and hangs Lenore upside down, right in front of Bryan. Murad then leaves to make sure Kim is captured, but she has already escaped and is making her way towards the location of her parents. Kim lets Bryan out and the two escape. Murad's men pursue them, but they manage to escape unharmed.
Murad's death.
Towards the end of the film, Bryan finds Murad's safe house where Lenore is being held captive. Bryan kills the last of Murad's men before confronting Murad himself. Murad claims that if Bryan kills him, his other sons will try to avenge him, so Bryan promises to let him go back to his family as long as Murad leaves him and his family alone. Murad questions why and Bryan explains that he is tired of the conflict and wants to move on, while telling Murad to do the same on his son because he could now relate to the victims of his ring. Murad seemingly agrees and Bryan drops his gun, beginning to walk away, but Murad has not let go of his grudge and picks it up and aims it at him. However, he is horrified to discover Bryan had intentionally unloaded it beforehand and Bryan drops the bullet, while realizing that Murad will never drop his vendetta against him. Knowing that his family will always be under threat as long as Murad is alive, Bryan kills him by pushing him into a coat hook, which impales him through the back of the head.
Trivia[]
- Murad can be viewed as a dark version of Bryan Mills. Both men are loving fathers looking to avenge their children and wear black leather jackets.
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