Taken 2 Review
December 20, 2012
Taken 2 is the reason that studios should really think twice before committing to a sequel.
Taken is one of the very few Liam Neeson films that I enjoy (along with Love Actually, of course), so I was mildly interested when I heard about Bryan Mills’ return to use his particular set of skills in the imaginatively titled Taken 2. Sadly, it was just another to add to the Neeson flops that frequent his career.
Bryan Mills (Neeson) previously stopped at nothing to save his daughter from kidnapers. When the father of one of the villians Mills killed back in 2008 seeks his revenge, he takes Bryan and his wife (Famke Janssen) hostage in Istanbul. This time around it’s daughter, Kim (Maggie Grace), who comes to save the day; no thanks to her dad’s particular set of skills.
Even if Taken 2 had been factually correct in its methods (calculating distances like that would not work in real life; a little research doesn’t hurt anyone), it would have been just as dull and boring. Yes, there are some nice action shots but it’s nothing we haven’t seen before. With a plot far too similar to the first without the tension and surprise that made Taken so enjoyable, I implore you to avoid this below-par sequel and just catch the original again.
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Liam Neeson is bad and he should feel bad.
He’s awful! I haven’t checked his future films, but I doubt they’ll be as good as the first Taken. There really is no going back, sadly.
Yeah this was a pretty stupid movie. I think you hated it even more than I did. I went to see this with a friend. We were going to see PA4 or Cloud Atlas, but even though we had bought tickets, both were rated R and we happened to come the one time the theater was using an egotistic ticket guy instead of a disabled person who trusts that you didn’t just, you know, happen to pick up a ticket off the sidewalk for a movie that was about to play. Anyway. I wish he wasn’t just into sci-fi and action, because then we could’ve seen Perks. Still haven’t seen it.
Can’t forget to say, though, that we did have fun laughing at it. Not as much fun laughing at it as being exhilarated during The Grey, though.
Sorry you had to endure this, Alexander; especially after having problems at the cinema. PA4 wasn’t too great either, if that makes you feel any better
OH MY GOD I hated The Grey too. It was so dull! Poor Liam, he just can’t catch a break!