Might have been better titled, "Taken Again"...

Rating: 4/10 (27 May 2013)

...since that is assuredly what happened to audiences worldwide. The first film was really no great shakes, but at least maintained a sense of consistency and reality that didn't leave viewers shaking their heads. This follow-up from the same writing team of Luc "The Professional" Besson and Robert Mark "The Fifth Element" Kamen just doesn't cut the mustard, the cake, or even the cheese. It's tired, trite, and terminally boring, and I can't really blame the new director, Olivier "Columbiana" Megaton. It's all in that lackluster script, as is always the case in duds like this one. Liam "Thanks for the paycheck" Neeson brings nothing new to the table (and hasn't for quite some time now), and the rest of the cast is, well, happy to take their paychecks, too. In a nutshell: utterly disposable and forgettable. Don't let yourself be taken as well; there are far too many better films out there for you to be wasting your time with this one.