the audience applauded
... View Moren my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.
... View MoreIt is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.
... View MoreThe plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one
... View MoreTaken 2 is the sequel to the successful Taken film, sees a similar rehashed story, though set in a different location. Into the film and for reasons that don't deliver, Bryan (Liam Neeson), daughter Kim (Maggie Grace), and ex-wife Lenore (Famke Janssen) who's facing a divorce from her current husband, are all in Istanbul to have a good time and unwind from the trauma of Kim's kidnapping. Taken 2 appears to take its time getting to the action, dithering away an inordinate amount of time on Lenore's crumbling marriage, her astonishingly good relationship with Bryan, and Bryan's notification that Kim has a boyfriend. The film's action sequences are wide and thin and the camera is noticeably shaky in many of the scenes. The plot isn't too much, nor is it all that interesting. Predictable in the least. Overall, Taken 2 does deliver in some ways but in general, the film is quite boring and not too entertaining. Though it isn't too long, which is a plus.
... View MoreI watched "Taken 2" last night and I was bit surprised that the film was not upto the mark as the first one was.... it was incredible but this one was a bit disappointment!!!!!The film not delivered the thrilling experience as the first one did and this time the action was not shown only brains and plans are shown which will be difficult for many to digest but it's still good at its place I will honour it as a good film though I liked the first one most!!!!!!Liam Neeson was again good but not perfect like the first one and the acting also went down the actors didn't acted good like the first one.... the action was OK but planning was good....Total my rating 1 (for not giving excitement like 1st)-1 (for less action and bit less acting)Thus, My rating:- 8/10
... View MoreThe first film of Taken saga was interesting and not complicated by a contorted plot. This movie doesn't' have a really plot and also the action scene aren't really fresh. In the first episode there was only a simple motivation that carry you into the entire movie. In this movie the motivation is forced and weak and doesn't thrill me. Acting is unnecessary and also Liam Neeson is tired. Scene actions are not realistic and Istanbul don't create a real appeal like Paris. Maggie Grace is not a child anymore and Famke Janssen is had difficulty with acting. Everyone in this time made a sequel but it is not a rule! I hop e Luc Besson understand this and will not realize an entire saga with 4 or more episode
... View MoreRather inevitable follow-up to "Taken" the movie that made Liam Neeson an unlikely action hero, like an older Jason Bourne, by which I men a bunch of bad men come after Liam's family, this time and mother makes three and live, or should that be die to regret it. There is a change of location to Istanbul which means we get some nice establishing shots of the city and one action chase across the rooftops to afford some nice views of the skyline.Otherwise, Liam is up to his usual tricks of being able to avoid bullets at will, kill a man by just laying his hand on his face, guide his daughter go the baddies lair by having her through grenades all over the city and best of all recreate the route back to the villains himself with a combination of super hearing and total recall which wouldn't embarrass a cross between Superman and Sherlock Holmes.Oh and there's lots of shooting, killing, fist fights and car chases, the silliest of which being when Liam's daughter tears across town driving like an Indy 500 veteran with her dad in the passenger seat, trying to avoid the pursuing would-be killers and achieving a death- defying race across a railway line which the other car doesn't...before she's even passed her driving-test.It's all unbelievable nonsense, directed at a furious pace with cross-cuts and multiple shots of the same scene, to a pounding musical backdrop just to further reinforce the feeling that you're actually in the middle of a shoot-em-up-cum-car-chase computer game.Neeson does his best latter-day John Wayne, but the incompetence of the baddies, plus they seem to have a far-from-threatening family ringleader means that the ending is never in doubt. In fact I'd go as far to say the beginning and middle were never in doubt either, if you've seen "Taken 1".Pretty predictable, passionless stuff all round I'd say.
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