What the hell was that?

Rating: 1/10 (3 February 2013)

First things first: if I could vote 0, I would.
Okay, so here's the deal: five minutes in we get to see mass funeral that is taking place in the Albanian country side, which would be a perfect setup for a fiery speech that will ultimately be a call to arms. Well, it kinda is, but thanks to the utter and endless stupidity of the producers/director, Rade Serbedzija delivers his cry for revenge in English. Yes, I am serious, it really is in English.
So there I was, already p***ed from the get-go, but little did I know that this hiccup will be just that, because what follows from there on out is basically unwatchable.
One of the most ridiculous things I've ever seen is the car chase through Istanbul when Maggie's character is driving and her father (Liam Neeson) is constantly nagging her with an annoying "Quickly!" or "There's no time!" or "Faster!". All this is so unbelievably ridiculous it makes you wanna turn it off immediately. Why I actually sat through to the bitter end I do not know, but if I hadn't, I wouldn't have missed anything at all.
I loved the first one, I really did, because it is a superbly enjoying shoot 'em up revenge movie, but this sequel, this is just ridiculous.
You know, I really wanted to deconstruct Taken 2 in my review piece by piece, but honestly, I've already spent enough time on this...