Not great, Not Awful 6/10

Rating: 6/10 (26 May 2013)

The negative comments are a bit too extreme. I guess this movie is living in the shadow of the first taken. First of all , the storyline was a bit shallow. In the first Taken, liam neeson going gung-ho and righteously being heavy handed with the bad guys felt justified . In this one ,Liam seemed like he was being far too heavy handed with the bad guys.
I also agree the bad guys looked and acted pretty stupid.It is almost a cliché in Hollywood movies to have bad guys swept aside easily.There was one credible fight scene towards the end where Liam was somewhat tested.There was nothing peculiarly thrilling about the ending.
I do feel the character development was lacking, Murads character needed to be stronger and his vengeance needed to seem more believable. I did like the scenery (In turkey) and action scenes (the car chase..etc). But the poor storyline and character development acted as a bit of an Achilles heel.
I wouldn't discourage anyone from watching it, overall good fun action movie to watch, One worth going to the cinema for or to have a movie night, but it wouldn't be a memorable one, More like one to pay tribute to taken 1.