Liam Neeson stars again in Taken 2 aka Taken. Sporting the same ex-wife Lenore (Famke Janssen) and daughter (Maggie Grace), this sequel is really just the same film as the first but with slightly different locations and a few more fake explosions. Grace's character, Kim, now has a boyfriend and it's for this reason that there is slight tension between herself and Neeson's character, Bryan. Boyfriend troubles for Lenore give Bryan the opportunity to invite his daughter and ex-wife along with him on a trip to Instanbul, but Kim's previous kidnappers are up for revenge and they plan to use Bryan's family to get at him. This time Neeson actually gets kidnapped but some fancy gadgets up his sleeve make his rescuing, through Kim much easier.
There were no stand out cinematography moments in this film, though some felt not too different to a few seen in the housetop chase scenes of The Bourne films, however the acting was generally on cue, but with some dumb and wasteful henchman to do the revenge-driven father's dirty work.
While as a stand alone I would agree this film is good, I'm going to cut this review short, because the new director, Olivier Megaton, has basically made a copy of Taken 1. My verdict, if you've seen neither of the films, choose one and never watch the other, if you've seen the first, maybe give this a miss, at least until it comes out in stores.
Star rating: 2 1/2
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