Taken 2

Taken 2

Rating 5 out of 10

I was a fan of the first Taken movie in 2008.  Didn't think it was great, but I enjoyed it.  I thought it was  funny when I saw the star Liam Neeson in interviews saying he had very low expectations for the original.  He thought it would go straight to dvd.  I would say even with Liam's particular set of skills this movie should have gone straight to video.  It's not really bad just not nearly as good as the first one.

As we remember in the first movie bad guys in Europe abduct Liam's daughter.  Nothing upsets a CIA agent more than messing with his little girl.  He leaves a trail of dead bodies as he tracks her down and makes the bad guys pay.

In Taken 2 we find some time later the father of one of the bad guys he killed is out for revenge.  As luck would have it Liam, his daughter and ex wife are in nearby Turkey.  The fight is on.  Good thing the CIA trained him to be blindfolded and thrown in a van and drive him across town. With his spidey senses tell someone looking at a map where he is within a few yards.

There is more action in this movie as the 60 year old actor shoots and slices and dices his way through the European underworld.  Much more money should have been spent on the script and storyline.

This would be a nice rainy day rental.  Not worth full price.