Half of me liked this movie, half of me think its pointless...

Rating: 7/10 (9 March 2013)

OK, just to make it clear, as an action movie, Taken 2 is still pretty solid, it got everything most fans of the gender will like, car chase, fist fight, gun fight, you name it, its in here. But at the same time... did Taken really needed a sequel? Pretty much, was it hard to just star Liam Neeson into another "bad ass" action movie instead? This movie felt forced from the start, from the whole father want to avenge his son, even if he kidnap womens to be raped and sold, the whole honour factor seemed forced as hell. And as many as mentioned, the age of the daughter's actress really start to show, its hard to make her pass like a teen again, and even Liam himself, kinda looked older in it from many different angles.
But on an action point of view, the movie deliver. It got everything a fan of action movies is expecting, and as the movie ended, i was like "wait wait, is that the end already?" and checked the time left on my DVD to realize yeah... the generic is coming. I guess its a good sign to show the movie is not boring... or maybe it has too much character development at the start... when in the end we already knew those characters...? Its been a while since i saw Taken, i will re watch it soon, but i felt Liam was way more "bad ass" in the first movie, both in speeches, in action, how angry he was, how brutal he was, he looked way older also in this(still 5 years later) and some fight scene remembered me of some latest Seagal movies... with weird camera angle to cover up the stunt double...
Maybe in the end its more or less because Taken was just a nice surprise, a movie i saw in theatre because i wanted to skip school and there was nothing else good on that Friday noon... and it turned out to be awesome. But in any case, a sequel to that movie was just SOOOOOO NOOOOT necessary.
But at least it turned out OK and entertaining, but Taken 2 is far from being Taken 1 to me... it ain't as "bad ass"...and just feel sadly as a cash in sequel... not really bringing much to the first movie.