"Taken 2"

Action/Adventure, Sequel, Thriller. Rated PG-13. 1 hour, 31 minutes.

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This is a sequel of the original "Taken" movie from 2008.

Liam Neeson returns as Bryan Mills, the retired CIA agent who rescued his daughter in Paris from a bunch of kidnappers. Bryan is an over-protective father, who in the first movie, was reluctant to allow his daughter, Kim (Maggie Grace) to go to Paris with her girlfriend. But his ex-wife insisted she go and have fun and told him to loosen his pursestrings with his daughter.

So he let her go. She eventually got kidnapped. They dug her up and auctioned her body in a prostitution ring. Bryan used his special skills as a CIA agent to find and rescue her, but kills several of her Albanian kidnappers in the process.

This is where the sequel begins. Bryan invites his ex-wife, Lenore (Famke Janssen) and Kim to go to Istanbul, Turkey for a four-day job there. The Albanian father of one of the kidnappers seeks revenge. Knowing that Bryan is in Turkey, he hunts him down and takes Bryan and his ex-wife hostage. Bryan enlists Kim to help him escape.

The movie lasts one hour and thirty minutes and is directed by Olivier Megaton from "Transporter 3." Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen wrote the screenplay. It was produced by Luc Besson, Diloy Gülün and Michael Mandaville. It is rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, and some sensuality.

Another action movie with twists and turns, car chases, strategic planning on Bryan's part is well worth seeing. I love this movie and would recommend it. Believe me, you won't fall asleep on this one.

OVERALL RATING: A

Graphic by 20th Century Fox Distribution

Taken 2 movie poster