Take 2

Rating: 5/10 (13 April 2013)

If you didn't like the first Taken, do not bother watching this. If you did like it, it doesn't necessarily mean you will like this though. I only watched the watered down version (no pun intended), which is the theatrical version aka as PG-13 version. So maybe the other one achieves to be as gritty (or almost as) as the original. But there are quite a few things here, that just don't fit.
Take the hand grenade scene. Now if you thought the first one was offensive and stupid, I wonder what you'd say about that! I might be missing the "fun" it makes of itself or the prior installment. But I just can't seem to find it. While even McGuyver would go "Duh", Liam Neeson does save the movie from going completely down. Plus a very nice scene towards the end is really good and almost tops a similar "themed" scene from Eastern Promises.
At least his daughter gets to do more than in part 1. Still I miss the grittiness of the Original ... be aware of that and you might be able to enjoy it even more than I did