Does not have the punch of the original movie

Rating: Null/10 (6 September 2013)

Four years after the sleeper hit that was "Taken", Liam Neeson - now 60 - is back as ex CIA operative Bryan Mills with his special set of skills. This time the storyline is inverted: he is not seeking the Albanians, they are after him; he is not rescuing his 'taken' daughter Kim (now a 30 year old Maggie Grace) but she is looking for her 'taken' father and mother. And the scene switches to Istanbul with - as in "Skyfall" - action sequences on the roof of the Grand Bazaar.
It is entertaining enough but lacks the punch and the iconic speech of the original movie. Grace gets more to do and demonstrates that you can throw grenades around and attract little attention (criminals, please note) and drive into the US Embassy with comparative ease (terrorists, please note). The body count falls by five but that still leaves 30 to be shot and stabbed and strangled.