Reprise of Lethal Liam

Rating: 8/10 (15 October 2012)

TAKEN 2 (2012) *** Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen, Maggie Grace, Rade Serbedzija, Leland Oser, Jon Gries, D.B. Sweeney, Luke Grimes. Essentially the same as the original action thriller this time with retired CIA op Leeson (still in lethal mode) facing retribution while working in Istanbul from the vengeance seeking father of the kidnapper he killed saving his daughter Grace from white slavery/prostitution ring. Added to the mix is more Janssen (nothing wrong there but sadly misused - and abused to no end) as his estranged ex-wife also marked for death and an even swifter paced film set by Olivier Megaton and the by-the-numbers-but-smarter-than-it- appears-premise screenplay by collaborators Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen.