Taken 2

2012

94 mins

Directed by Olivier Megaton
22%
52%
Action
Thriller

Liam Neeson and his badass CIA skills are back in this sequel to 2008’s action-thriller. Retired CIA operative Bryan Mills (Neeson)... More

Liam Neeson and his badass CIA skills are back in this sequel to 2008’s action-thriller. Retired CIA operative Bryan Mills (Neeson) invites his family to holiday with him in Istanbul. There, he and his wife (Famke Janssen) are taken hostage - by the father of one of the henchmen Mills disposed of in the first Taken film. While in captivity, Bryan must secretly instruct his daughter Kim (Maggie Grace) to break them out so he can commence breaking bones and leaving the customary trail of bodies in his wake. Producer and co-writer Luc Besson (The Fifth Element, Transporter) also returns.

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Taken 2 | Ratings & Reviews

22_%171 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes® rating
52_%212,663 reviews
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""What are you going to do?" wails Maggie. "What I do best!" growls Liam. Yet while it's fun to watch him take out the Eurotrash, we've seen him do it better."

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Total Film

"What follows seems like a nonstop car and foot chase, with Albanian after Albanian falling victim to Bryan's remarkable aim and hand-fighting skills. Foreigners bad, Americans good, box office busy."

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The New York Times

"The premise is looking pretty tired."

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The Guardian

"The cast is uniformly capable and dead serious, and if you're buying what Luc Besson is selling, he's not short-changing you."

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Roger Ebert

"Moviegoers who liked 'Taken' and want more of the same will get precisely that."

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Hollywood Reporter

"You know what happens in 'Taken 2,' don't you? The same thing that happened four years ago in Taken, but different. (But the same.)"

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Entertainment Weekly

"The first one offered the novel sight of Oskar Schindler going Commando. Unfortunately, this half-hearted sequel is low on novelty and lower on fun."

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