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Taking off from where the
Taken ended, this movie follows the life of Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) in the
aftermath of his daughter Kim’s (Maggie Grace) rescue from forced prostitution
in Paris. He is still obsessive compulsive and overprotective of his daughter,
which leads to occasional misunderstandings between the two, in particular with
her new boyfriend. Lenore (Famke Janssen) is now divorced, giving way to a
possible rekindling of old flames between the ex-husband and wife. Meanwhile,
in Albania, the relatives of his daughter’s abductors plot revenge for the death
of their loved ones, hatching a careful plan to abduct the three when they come
to vacation in Istanbul.
If you think about it, the
formula used for this and the previous movie is just the same, except for the
possible explanation that the audience was caught off-guard with the first one,
which led to the thrill and enjoyment. For this sequel, you see more of that,
but since you already know what to expect, that fun feeling might get a bit
downgraded, but still enough to give you a good time. The film is too short,
not even reaching two hours of screen time. There does not seem to be any
interesting subplot left hanging from the first film for them to milk. And so,
after they are TAKEN, the action begins, and we are still left in awe because
of the action scenes, despite the predictability of the plot. But yeah, if you
are looking for something new, you would not find any. Still, if you were a big
fan of the first movie, there is no reason for you not to enjoy this.
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