Could have been better but didn't expect too much

Rating: 6/10 (4 October 2012)

Taken 2 was as expected in the way that it was a B grade action flick. However, the M rating possibly made it bad. We didn't see the carnage that is supposed to be involved with an action movie. This is not because I wanted to see people getting killed. I just wanted to see what was going on! Combatants dropped to the ground for seemingly for no reason because the M rating stops us seeing it. I'm sure M ratings used to allow more than they do now. This looked more like a G rated movie. And the boss fight was ridiculous. Boss fights are of course stupid, but this was worse because the opponent hadn't even been built up to be someone that was up to the main character's skill level. Strange! There were also good parts with this movie: The father daughter cooperation was brilliant. The grenades to work out where he was, loved it! His daughter first of all having driving lessons earlier in the movie and then having to drive around the city like a mad lady later on while they were being pursued, was used well. I would like to say that if you like action movies then you will like this, but I can't say that because the action was semi-deleted for the lower rating. At least that's how it appears. Bummer! Oh well, still had some interesting parts.