Taken 2

Its first movie last 2008 brought back Liam Neeson's career making him one of the A-listers and starred in several actions movies since then. Because of that it was clear that another Taken movie will be made and it did come out last year. While it surpassed the boxoffice success of its predecessor the sequel has nothing to offer but ridiculousness. It doesn't have anything that the made the first film exciting. It was boring and got countless of funny scenes that made me almost hitting the stop button to not finishing it.

Neeson starred as retired CIA agent Brian Mills like in the first movie this time trying to make his relationships with his daughter (Maggie Grace) and his ex-wife (Famke Janssen) to work and went on a vacation in Istanbul. As he being chased down by the family of his enemies from the last film Brian Mills needs to rely once again on his skills to save himself and his family from being taken. This thriller is by far a mediocre version of its prequel. You will be surprised how bad the film is, the chasing scenes or fight scenes were poorly edited. There were even scenes that you can almost see Neeson's double. What I hate the most is when he and  his wife were about to get abducted and while the guns are almost at their heads he still able to make a phone call letting his daughter about their situation. It was really ridiculous.

Sequel is always difficult to make especially if the first film is supposed to be completed. But given the time and how broad the plot for this genre is, it could have been better at least of the same level of the first film or closer to it. It's just very disappointing that the film you like has been expanded and relived after a few years but it made you wished that it didn't happen. (rating 1.5/5)