Another Thriller I Watched - Taken 2

Taken 2
2012

Probably the best thriller I've ever watched in my life.

Director: Olivier Megaton

Stars: Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen and Maggie Grace

As I have not seen the first of the Taken series, I was again rather reluctant to watch it but as soon as I had seen the trailer, it was a MUST WATCH for me. Fast-pace action and an amazing fued between the star Liam Nesson and his enemy. The film starts off very confusingly for me, the first scene is at a funeral in Istanbul, Turkey. We see a man who is extremely hurt, burying his son as he confirms he will not rest until he avenges the people or person that killed his son.

We then are introduced to Bryan Mills (Neeson) He appears at the house of his estranged wife, having reconciled with her Lenore (Famke Janssen) and bonded afresh with their daughter.

Mills realises that Lenore is having a rough time and is eager to relieve her stress by inviting her and his daughter Kim on holiday to spend quality time together in Istanbul Now quite obvious from the title, Mills's is captured by the father of the son that he killed gang. Now this is strange because we know that Mills is a handyman with all types of equipment from guns to little mobile devices so we wonder what on earth is going on. Mills then uses his small mobile device to alert his daughter that the gang have captured him and they are now after her, she hides in the Istanbul hotel and is given orders by her dad how to locate him. As he escapes we now see his ambition and drive to save his wife as they also captured her.
"When a dog has a bone, the last thing you want to do is take it from him" Wise words of comfort that Mills gives to his daughter Kim in regards of him going to save his wife.

But when it comes to the action genre, where we love to suspend our disbelief, Taken 2 stretches it way too far.

A scene where Mills is asking his daughter casually to toss grenades from a hotel window so he can listen for the boom in order to guess her proximity to him may prove too much for even the most ardent of fans.

The trailer: