Don’t get us wrong. We loved Taken particularly our own Liam Neeson who must have annihilated at least a hundred bad guys in the space of ninety-three minutes. The movie, which was released in 2008 was incredibly fun if a little bit silly. Logic would suggest that the fifty six year old former CIA Agent Bryan Mills would not be able to tear around Europe for a few days without any sleep let alone remain undefeated in fights with a load of bad guys half his age. Surely the old arthritis would be playing up and after the long flight from America to France he’d only be fit for a nap. But against all the odds, Mills successfully rescued his seventeen-year-old daughter from an Albanian sex trafficking gang taking out a few of their leaders while he was at it.
One year on from all this craic, Mills decides to take a long holiday in Istanbul only to be surprised by a visit from his daughter and ex wife. Now, we are questioning why any of these people would want to return to Europe after their last holiday disaster. Surely a quiet trip to The Grand Canon or a relaxing cruise around the Caribbean would suit them better?
In the mean time the remaining Albanians are very cross that Mills has murdered their brothers and their new leader Murad is seeking revenge. Mills’ holiday is totally ruined when gangsters working for Murad kidnap his ex-wife Lenore in Istanbul. Luckily, the bad guys are sound and they allow Mills to make a phone call to his daughter to inform her that they have taken her mother. Fortunately she manages to hide so at least he doesn’t have to chase two women around Eastern Europe.
We’re not sure how much more we can take of these silly people and their bad holiday destinations. Also running around Europe after his ex-wife sounds even more nightmarish than the first fiasco! Emmett from our brother website JOE.ie said that perhaps the worst thing about the trailer is the uncreative title of the film. Instead of Taken 2 we would have opted for something catchier like ‘Retaken’ ‘Not Again’ or the simply put ‘Took’.
We’re skeptical but because we love Liam Neeson so much we might leave our logic at the cinema door and just enjoy the thousands of ass kickings, which at this stage are really a sure thing. For those of you who haven’t seen it yet here’s the trailer.
