I did not expect this sequel to be made. Is it as good as the first movie? Well.....

Rating: 4/10 (28 April 2019)

"Taken" (2008) is by far Liam Neeson's best movie. I did not expect a sequel to be made. When I heard that a sequel was in the works I was surprised. I thought: "wait, he didn't kill all the bad guys? Who's getting taken this time?" Then I learned more of the story before I went to see it (ONE OF MY FRIENDS SPOILED IT FOR ME AFTER THEY SAW IT ON OPENING DAY). I thought: "okay, the story sounds legit." The extended family of the original bad guys from the first film seeking revenge on Bryan Mills, played by Liam Neeson. I said to myself: "that's the only possible sequel they could do. They got the story layout right, but how is it executed?" I went to go see it, and I was very disappointed. "Taken 2" (2012) is nothing short of an embarrassment. Most of the acting was subpar, even Liam Neeson's acting was recycled from the first movie. The soundtrack sucks, and also the sets/locations are boring. One of the biggest issues in this "movie" is the editing during the action and fight scenes. What a joke! How many camera angles and cuts do they need? Film Making 101: just because a scene is filmed with ten cameras does not mean you have to include an angle shot from every single camera! The editor(s) need to be fired ASAP, and never be allowed in an editing room ever again! What if someone in the audience is epileptic and has a seizure? Heck, even a regular person may get a seizure watching the fight scenes! This "movie" has some of the worst editing I've ever seen. The only two good things I can salvage out of this "movie" are the story and special effects, the other three fundamentals of my rating system standards in this "movie" suck! As I watched the "film", I thought: "come back Pierre Morel, COME BACK!" Nothing against Oliver Megaton, he has directed better films than this. But if they had to get another director other than Pierre, they should've got someone else. I rate this "movie" 2 out of 5 stars on my scale, which equates to 4 out of 10 IMDB stars. I really wanted to enjoy this "movie", but sadly, I left this "movie" asking myself: "why did they bother if they weren't even going to try?" All it does is "take" away 92 minutes of your time.