Not the best

Rating: 5/10 (24 March 2013)

I originally watched this because I am a huge Liam Neeson fan, and personally enjoyed the first Taken. If you were expecting them to ramp it up in this one, you'll be sadly mistaking. I was originally excited at the beginning of the movie, as it had a great set up. But somewhere along the line it went sour. You can tell that there is really only one way to right a movie about a CIA agent who goes after his family as the feeling of the first movie quickly overpowers this movie. This wouldn't be a bad thing (as I said I was a huge fan of the first one). But I quickly found myself looking to see how much was left in the movie time as I got bored. The past action of the first movie was not met, the crew could have invested in some lighting equipment, it looked like some scenes were filmed by a 5 year old holding a camera, and frankly there were times where I was just left going "what just happened." With all that being said, Liam Neeson had a solid role in my opinion, but it was not enough for me to flop anymore than a generous 5 on this movie. If you are a Taken fan or a Liam Neeson fan I would recommend seeing this if you can come by it cheap, or it crosses your path. If you don't fit into that category then I would say save your time and money for another one.