It was produced and co-written by Luc Besson , the French master of thrillers, and Robert Mark Kamen , his writing partner on many films. The cast is uniformly capable and dead serious, and if you're buying what Luc Besson is selling, he's not short-changing you.
Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from until his death in In , he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism. Rated PG for intense sequences of violence and action, and some sensuality. Liam Neeson as Bryan. Famke Janssen as Lenore. Maggie Grace as Kim. Rade Sherbedgia as Krasniqi. Sweeney as Bernie. Reviews Damn! When you purchase through Movies Anywhere , we bring your favorite movies from your connected digital retailers together into one synced collection.
Join Now. Unapologetically rehashes the concepts of the original while leaving out the fun parts. It's my guess that I'll be one of the few film critics who will give the film even a modest recommendation.
Megaton does give us some gorgeous wideshots, but they are in service of such an insufferable film that it all adds up to naught. This is a wildly absurd piece of cinema - so completely over the top and preposterous that it does manage to induce a bit of unintentional humor. Mostly, Taken 2 is a violent but not-too-bloody popcorn movie, unambitious but well-made and moderately entertaining. I liked every minute. Don't expect Shindler's List, expect Taken 2 and you won't be disappointed.
This sequel barely uplifts itself from the predecessor blueprint as the acting is wooden, writing is pedestrian, editing is choppy and the cast looking like they would rather be attending a traveling clown rodeo in Tucson.
A lazy, cynical film made for one reason only: to part you from your hard-earned cash. That all said, it holds one's attention surprisingly well. A sequel to a surprise but modest hit has no right to be this lackluster. However, the men capture Lenore, forcing Bryan to surrender, but before he does, he calls Kim and warns her to get to safety and wait for further instructions.
As Bryan gets beaten, while she watches on in horror. She is then hooded along with Bryan and dragged into a van while struggling with muffled Nos as she's being carried away. While driving in the van, Bryan follows specific sounds, counts all the turning points and counts all the time from one specific location to the another, eventually being able to figure out the distance between the location of where is he heading and the location where he and Lenore were kidnapped.
However, after they arrive at the location, he is knocked out. Meanwhile, using her father's instructions, Kim goes on the run to get to her father's room.
Upon removing her flip-flops, Kim ends up getting on the window ledge and entering the room through the window. Her would-be abductors shoot another hotel guest and two security guards after entering the wrong room, but fail to find her as she hides in the closet as instructed and are forced to flee when the alarm is sounded. Kim then makes her way to the hotel's locker room and borrows her father's clothes as instructed. Bryan wakes with his hands tied to a pole in a basement of an old house.
Using a phone that he had hidden in his sock, Bryan calls Kim, instructing her to go to the American embassy and tell them what happened, but she begs for a chance to help him and Lenore. Under Bryan's guidance, she opens his suitcase, containing weapons and a map. Using a shoelace and a pencil, she creates a 2. After that, she takes a grenade, pulls a pin, counts to 3 and throws it on a parking lot, destroying a car. Bryan hears the explosion over the phone and counts, and stops at 4 when he hears the sound wave of the blast.
Using the knowledge of that, Kim draws a 4. Using the wind, Bryan calculates he is on the eastern point of intersection. Bryan orders Kim to take the pistol and 2 more grenades, and to head to the eastern location. While he is tied up, the Albanian mobsters bring in a hooded and struggling Lenore.
One takes a knife and makes a small cut to her throat before hooding her and hanging her upside down by chains.
Please no Taken 3. Lilo C Super Reviewer. Feb 05, Weak plot, underutilized villain and poorly edited fight scenes. Taken 2 is an unnecessary sequel to a perfectly fine movie. Though it does have some thrilling sequences and another exceptional performance by Liam Neeson. Mr N Super Reviewer. Dec 22, The sequel which could have started off one of the best action franchises of all time but ultimately fell flat.
The movie is poorly directed by Olivier Megaton who over used shaky cam, the writing is cliched and stupid but to be honest I can't help but like it for being so bad, there is some redeeming factors like Liam Neeson who always puts in a great performance but overall the film is stupid and that's why I like it. Sonny H Super Reviewer. See all Audience reviews. There are no approved quotes yet for this movie. Best Horror Movies. Worst Superhero Movies. Best Netflix Series and Shows.
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