Not Worth The Money

Rating: 2/10 (7 October 2012)

The first "Taken" movie is up there in the list of my favorite action movies. The second "Taken" is up near the top of the list of movies that made me wish I could get my money back. Granted, my expectations were low for this film, but I never imagined it could be this bad.
First off, If I started listing every stupid thing about this movie, this post would be 5 pages long. The biggest problem of the movie is that they couldn't even import the same action techniques from the first one. The action scenes are nothing but dozens of clips of people touching each other. The gunshots are so vague that sometimes you don't even realize a shot is being fired. Also, I want to know who was watching the first "Taken" and said, " Man, that was great, but I'd like to see more of his daughter in the action." Maggie Grace, who plays Liam Neeson's daughter Kim, is involved way too much in the story. The plot itself is laughable, but I still thought it could be entertaining. The father of one of the victims that Liam Neeson's character killed in the first film decides to exact revenge on him and his family in Istanbul. The movie spends way too much time on catching up with the Mill's family and focusing in on the kidnappers. Frankly, who really cares. All you want out of this movie is to see Liam Neeson tear some crap up, but it can't even deliver on that.
A good drinking game would be to drink every time something inconceivable happens in this movie. It would send the players straight for the emergency room. Another thing to note is that this movie takes itself way too seriously. There are no intended laughs in the script, which makes it all the less enjoyable. I can't remember the last movie that had be itching to run out of the theater. Take my advice, don't give your money to a film that doesn't come close to deserving it! Check out more of our reviews at www.clutchandmikemovies.blogspot.com