He does the same thing all over again. The only difference is he was
taken, and yet the movie is a box office hit, which is one of those things I cannot explain.
Every action movie fan knows this line: “I don’t know who you are. I
don’t know what you want. If you’re looking for ransom, I can tell you I don’t
have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills…” Then add
the whole jumping, killing, electrocuting, and beating up bad guys. Taken
(2008) was born.
I wanted to be Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson). This guy, to me, is better
than Jason Bourne. But the producers of this movie must have been on something
to think Taken 2 would be exceptional. A movie that deals you no surprises from
the very get-go is a movie I’d rather not see.
The movie relied so much on the idea, “Hey, it’s me again, the guy from Taken.”
The French duo of Olivier Megaton and Luc Besson, who made the movie Colombiana
in 2011, came together to deliver a movie that had an exceptional part one but
a disappointing part two.
Taken 2 did have its own story. Bryan Mills goes to Istanbul. His ex and
daughter join him, and they were having a nice getaway.
Now the guys that Bryan killed in part one—well, one of them, the
parent—didn’t get the memo. Or didn’t bother going to cinemas four years ago to
see the movie of how his son was killed. So he decided to take revenge and take
Bryan and his ex-wife (Jean Grey, Famke Janssen).
Bad guys always make the mistake of leaving the hero alive long enough
for him to think up an escape plan. These guys weren’t different. Instead of
shooting him when they had the chance, they wanted him to suffer. The
repercussion of that was none of them will be alive to tell the tale to the
other fools who decide to come after Bryan in Taken 3, if the producers decide
to go that far.
So Bryan and his wife get taken, the daughter helps dad escape, and dad
kills everybody.
One thing you have to give Taken 2, though, is that it was fast. I like
fast-paced action movies. They make you smile. Also the actors seemed happy to be here, so they all gave fantastic performance.
Well, if you have the chance, go see this movie. But wait till the
ticket price drops.
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