Taken 2

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gerald d Jan 5 If the original Taken is a poor man's James Bond then Taken 2 is a poor man's Taken. Totally contrived and unrealistic. See more Ray C Oct 6 Taken 2 is an inferior and unnecessary sequel. It's superficially entertaining but suffers from clunky action and a lack of original ideas. See more Stephen C @bob25009 May 29 Failed action movie sequel in 1 hour and 32 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $139,900,000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more Faiz D May 13 A massive let down after the first movie. Yes we all knew what to expect, we just didn't expect it to be done so poorly. This film offers nothing. See more Breno G Apr 25 Special Effects: 0,5/Sound Effects: 0,5/Acting: 0,0/Story: 0,5 See more Blu B Mar 18 Acting isn't bad and defintely the best thing here. Famke is solid and probably the best thing here. Daughter isn't bad either and nice to see her ahve a bigger part in theory but the choices they make with her are just stupid at times. Nesson isn't bad either but gets weighed down by the dumb action at times. The have decent chemistry together though. The villians aren't good here and are incredibly weak. The bad guys motivations are great on paper but he has no prescene and he blends in almost with the rest of the goons. The music is okay. It's pretty much the same stuff from the first but used way too much. Everything else isn't that good here. The start of this is good but it just devolves once they go to Istanbul. The location isn't that memorable either and the direction is ok at best subpar at worse. The biggest problem here is the sex trafficking world we were immersed in is completely gone here. And so is the smart mystery. What's here this time is just a dumb action movie plot and it clearly shows. The action is so over the top, farfetched, and stupid. Where the first was brutal, smart, and had a purpose, this just drags, subpar editing during those fights/action and doesn't really add much but to lengthen the runtime enough for theatrical release. She can't drive and failed the test but can outrun mercenary gunman in a foreign country in a car she's never driven before under gunfire....are you kidding me. And this is the big action showpiece. The final fight is a hand to hand fight with a generic goon and waves of mercenaries that feel like they are unneedly fast edited, drag, and just get boring. Some of the dungeon/interior scenes are so dark you can barely see and very dull and lifeless to look at. Than add a bunch of farfetched moments like the daughter throwing hail mary live grenades, not rescuing his wife when he had the chance and leaving her. Just take out the other goons. You literally at the end take out dozens. And none of the action pieces really stand out at all or are just farfetched. I did like the happy ending a bit though. Skip this and just stay with the first one. See more Read all reviews

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