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Genres:
Action & Adventure
Language:
English
Running time:
1:32:06
Partner rating:
PG-13
Released:

Cast & Crew

Cast

  1. Liam Neeson Bryan Mills
  2. Maggie Grace Kim Mills
  3. Famke Janssen Lenore
  4. Rade Sherbedgia Murad
  5. Luke Grimes Jamie
  6. Kevork Malikyan Inspector Durmaz
  7. Alain Figlarz Suko
  8. Frank Alvarez Car Wash Attendant
  9. Murat Tuncelli Custom Officer Albania
  10. Ali Yildirim Imam

Directors

  1. Olivier Megaton

Producers

  1. Luc Besson

Taken 2

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His family targeted by a vengeful crime boss in Istanbul, retired CIA agent Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) must fight an army of killers to ensure their safe return in this action sequel from director Olivier Megaton (Transporter 3) and producer/co-writer Luc Besson (who penned the screenplay alongside Taken scribe Robert Mark Kamen). As the families of the kidnappers killed by Mills gather together for a mass funeral, their leader Merad (Rade Sher... His family targeted by a vengeful crime boss in Istanbul, retired CIA agent Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) must fight an army of killers to ensure their safe return in this action sequel from director Olivier Megaton (Transporter 3) and producer/co-writer Luc Besson (who penned the screenplay alongside Taken scribe Robert Mark Kamen). As the families of the kidnappers killed by Mills gather together for a mass funeral, their leader Merad (Rade Sherbedgia) vows to make the man who brought them so much misery pay. Meanwhile, back in the U.S., Mills invites his ex-wife Lenore (Famke Janssen) and their daughter Kim (Maggie Grace) to join him on a trip to Istanbul after their long-planned trip to China falls through. Later, in Istanbul, the family is settling in and enjoying the sites when Merad's gang abducts Mills and Lenore. Communicating with her father via a hidden cell phone, Kim accesses his secret weapons cache and embarks on a frantic race through an unfamiliar city in a bid to rescue her parents from certain death. Once she manages to free her father, Mills puts his "particular set of skills" to use while attempting to rescue his Lenore, and escape Merad's unrelenting attack.

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Reviews by Rotten Tomatoes

Scored 'rotten' by Rotten Tomatoes

21%Tomatometer score: 21% positive reviews from professional critics.

percent positive reviews

  1. Negative review
    Richard Roeper, Richard Roeper.com A sloppy, lazy, unintentionally laughable sequel. – Full review External link
  2. Negative review
    Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com A meta-American movie, a Godardian spoof of the whole genre, an attempt to see how stupid and insulting a motion picture can be and still be a big hit. – Full review External link
  3. Negative review
    James Berardinelli, ReelViews Taken 2 is more of the same, except a little bigger, a little dumber, and a little less invigorating. – Full review External link
  4. Negative review
    Dana Stevens, Slate So lazily put together that it relies on flashbacks from its predecessor for the majority of its character development. – Full review External link
  5. Positive review
    Charles Gant, Variety Neeson, despite having turned 60 in June, looks spritely enough in the role, and more than capable of another go-round should Taken 2 match its predecessor's success. – Full review External link

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