Taken 2

Taken 2 (2012)

  • 21% of critics liked it
    (161 reviews)

  • 54% of users liked it
    (135,957 ratings)

Liam Neeson returns as Bryan Mills, the retired CIA agent with a "particular set of skills" who stopped at nothing to save his daughter Kim from kidnappers. When the father of one of the villains Bryan killed swears revenge, and takes Bryan and his wife hostage in Istanbul, Bryan enlists… More

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PG-13,
Directed By
Genres
Mystery & Suspense
In Theaters
Oct 5, 2012 Wide
20th Century Fox

Critic Reviews

  • Richard Roeper, Richard Roeper.com

    A sloppy, lazy, unintentionally laughable sequel.

  • 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.

  • James Berardinelli, ReelViews

    Taken 2 is more of the same, except a little bigger, a little dumber, and a little less invigorating.

  • Dana Stevens, Slate

    So lazily put together that it relies on flashbacks from its predecessor for the majority of its character development.

  • 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.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • familiar s


    The makers have taken cinematic liberty beyond the acceptable level. Defiance of logic isn't unusual for fictions, all the more for action flicks. But here its execution is extremely silly & it's not easy to overlook the goofs herein. Dialogues & performances are… More

  • ♥˩ƳИИ &


    <b><i>Taken 2</b></i> wasn't as strong as the first film. It's not often the second film outshines the first so my expectations weren't too high, but it was still a pretty good runner up.There is still plenty of action. I enjoyed the car chase.… More

  • Christopher H


    Everything that made the first one a top-notch guilty pleasure is completely absent. Liam Neeson does the best he can but even he cannot save this cheap cash-in that is inferior to its predecessor in every regard. Director Olivier Megaton (Colombiana) shows complete incompetence in… More

  • Sam B


    The original "Taken" was a classic example of a guilty pleasure film, that somehow ceased to be guilty because so many people found pleasure in it. "Taken 2", with its incomprehensible action sequences and a script possibly dumber than the first, will be far more… More

  • Matt G


    This one gets a bad rep. Not nearly as bad as it's made out to be.

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