Taken 2

"First they took his daughter. Now they're coming for him."

2012 1h 31m EN

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6.4

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★6.4TMDB · 7,302

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Synopsis

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In Istanbul, retired CIA operative Bryan Mills and his wife are taken hostage by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing his daughter.

“First they took his daughter. Now they're coming for him.”

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Cast

Liam Neeson
Bryan Mills
Maggie Grace
Kim Mills
Famke Janssen
Lenore St. John
Leland Orser
Sam Gilroy
D. B. Sweeney
Bernie Harris
Jon Gries
Mark Casey
Rade Šerbedžija
Murad Krasniqi
Luke Grimes
Jamie

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Olivier Megaton
Writers: Robert Mark Kamen, Luc Besson, Luc Besson
Languages: English, Turkish, Arabic
Countries: France, Turkey, United States of America

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MONEY

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Made its money back 8.4× over at the box office.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 14 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, Turkish, Arabic.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 3 countries: France, Turkey, United States of America.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Taken Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Olivier Megaton, shot by Romain Lacourbas. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Nathaniel Méchaly. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Camille Delamarre shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Olivier Megaton directs. Romain Lacourbas behind the camera. Nathaniel Méchaly scores. Camille Delamarre cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in France, Turkey, United States of America. Dialogue in English, Turkish, Arabic.

Trivia

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1Made its money back 8.4× over at the box office.
2Released 14 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, Turkish, Arabic.
4International production across 3 countries: France, Turkey, United States of America.
5Part of the "Taken Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6Directed by Olivier Megaton, shot by Romain Lacourbas. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Nathaniel Méchaly. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Camille Delamarre shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Liam Neeson and Maggie Grace and Famke Janssen carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "First they took his daughter. Now they're coming for him.".
11IMDB entry: tt1397280 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Classified under 10 themes, including "kidnapping", "fbi", "turkey", "sequel".
13Released under 15 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Romain Lacourbas
Original score: Nathaniel Méchaly
Editing: Camille Delamarre
Production design: Sébastien Inizan
Costume design: Pamela Incardona
Makeup / hair: Myke Michaels
VFX supervisor: Rodolphe Chabrier
Sound: Andrii Trifonov
Stunt coordinator: Alain Figlarz
Runtime: 91 min · 1h 31m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $45,000,000
Box office: $376,100,000
Return: 836% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Taken 2 (2012)

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Taken Collection

A French action thriller film series based upon fictional former CIA operative Bryan Mills who is abroad in Europe.

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GeekMasher2013-03-15
★ 7.5/10
Taken 2 was... Not as good as the first one. Yes, I am sad to say it is not as good but on the other hand the story is still sound and the action is better and faster then before. Liam Neeson plays his role excellently while some on the other cast members didn't preform as well. All in all a good movie but there are some little problems, but worth seeing any way.
Dark Jedi2013-04-07
★ 6/10
I enjoyed this movie as a no-brainer action/thriller flick. Sure, it has a bunch of illogical and idiotic elements in but I have seen a lot worse. The movie certainly do not deserve the ridiculously low ratings that some people have given it. It is perhaps not as good as the first movie, mostly due to the silly bits and pieces, but as a plain vanilla action/thriller it is certainly passable. I generally do like Liam Neeson. I did like him in the first Taken movie and I do like him in this one. The other actors with the possible exception of his wife and daughter are mostly there to fill up the scenes. After a semi-dull beginning which is pretty much just setting up a reason for them all being in Istanbul, Bryan and his wife is, surprise, surprise, taken and that is pretty much when the action starts and from there on it is pretty much action all the way. As have been mentioned, there are a lot of stupid things happening in the movie. Dropping grenades in the middle of Istanbul seemingly without anyone really reacting for instance. Bryan’s daughter have failed to take a drivers licence in the states several times but still, when thrown into a car with a manual gear stick, she handles the car like a stunt driver. Then we have a violin player that sits in the same spot all the time? Not to mention crashing into the embassy while being fired upon by the embassy marine guards and then they can just sit there in the wrecked car, in front of the embassy, while Bryan calls for help from some guy playing golf in the states. It is clear that the Luc Besson didn’t really put realism very high on his agenda for this movie. But then this wouldn’t be the first time for him. Overlook the silliness and you have a decent enough action/thriller flick. At least I enjoyed it and I am normally not too forgiving when it comes to stupid and unrealistic stuff in movies.
Gimly2019-03-16
★ 5/10
The Die Hard 3 of the Taken franchise, except like... Nowhere near as good. Serviceable, but a step down from the first film, and even that one was pretty overrated. Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole.