Lightning strikes not once but twice.

Rating: 5/10 (4 March 2020)

You could watch Liam Neeson all day long, even in this ludicrous sequel to the hugely successful 'Taken'. Sometimes these cash-in sequels turn out really well and at least enjoyable but 'Taken 2' just can't produce the goods. I think the problem lies with a rather silly plot and you are pretty much suspended in disbelief (at every twist and turn). Even massive fans of the first movie, where slating this ill conceived follow-up but the formula has proved so successful a third episode was unduly churned out. See Neeson in 'Cold Pursuit', or even Better 'A Walk Among the Tombstones', if you want to catch him in a gripping revenge thriller.