Although this wasn't as good as the first one, it still had me on the edge of my sit. With that being said, I won't bore you with an intro, today's topic.......
TAKEN 2
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OK, now you all have seen Taken, right? If you haven't you should. Let's take a quick review, shall we. In Taken, we had Liam Neeson (Bryan Mills), Famke Janssen (Lenore), and Maggie Grace (Kim). There were a lot more but I'm keeping this short. Kim goes out of the country with a friend, meets some random guy, goes to the friend's house, and gets kidnapped. Now in the process of getting "taken," she calls her dad, Bryan, and tells him that she's made there safely, as she turns around she can see everything that's going on. As she explains to Bryan what's happening, he's packing things up. To sum this up, Bryan eliminates everyone in his path to get his daughter back. Taken was a 5 star movie for me and was worth buying the movie on DVD, or if you have a blu-ray player, then it was worth buying it on blu-ray.
Now, Taken 2 of course has the same main characters as well as Rade Serbedzija (Murad Krasniqi), Luke Grimes (Jamie), D.B. Sweeney (Bernie), Jon Gries (Casey), and Leland Orser (Sam). Now as you all should know, Sam, Casey, and Bernie are all good friends with Bryan. However, they're not really in this one but you do see them about 2 times.
The movie starts with Bryan going to Lenore's to pick up Kim. However, Kim isn't home and Lenore tries her best to lie about where she is. Bryan soon finds out and goes to pick her up at her boyfriend's place. As Jamie answers the door he tries to introduce himself once Bryan lets him know that he is Kim's dad. Highly embarrassed, Kim storms out and drives Bryan and herself back home. Kim is still struggling with the fact that she was taken so she tries to live a normal life without fear. As Kim and her mom, Lenore, try to plan a vacation with Lenore's husband, but something goes wrong and he cancels on them. When Lenore explains this to Bryan, he invites them to his business trip. Letting Lenore know how long the business part of it would take, he also let's her know that he can get them an extra room and they can stay a few days and enjoy some vacation time as a family.
Just as Bryan finishes his last and final meeting he attempts to call Kim to see if they were coming. As he is in the middle of his message, his daughter surprises him. Now, before any of that takes place, there is a funeral going on. Remember those men Bryan killed in the first movie? Well, their bodies were finally sent back to their country and this was their funeral. Remember the guy Bryan had tied up to a chair and electrocuted him? Well, his father, Murad Krasniqi, wants revenge for his son's untimely death. While Bryan, Lenore, and Kim try to enjoy their vacation, Bryan noticed a guy watching them, so Bryan proceeded with caution as he and Lenore left the hotel. Leaving Kim behind (which was part of her plan), Bryan and Lenore head out to enjoy the day. However, that was short lived. Bryan noticed a vehicle following them since they left. He tells Lenore to get out and gives her directions back to the hotel. Sadly, she doesn't make it that far. Lenore was taken. As Bryan trys to get away, he ends up fighting a few men. Finding himself surrounded, he noticed Lenore with a gun to her head. At that point he called Kim and told her.......
"Kim, Listen carefully, you mother and I are about to be taken, and soon you will be too....."
In short, he tells her to get to safety. When he hung up, he smashed the phone and tossed the gun and was jumped by the guys that were surrounding him. With a sack over his head not knowing where he was going, he began to count the seconds, right up until he heard something each time or until they stopped. He heard a bell, a man playing an instrument, and a dog barking. When he came to again, he was tied up hanging by his hands just barely on his knees. At that moment he also saw Lenore on the ground. He manages to still have a way to call someone in case of an emergency. Bryan pulls out this small, one button, square phone with a very small screen. This phone only displayed numbers and was a (I think) phone only. So first he tries his friend Sam at home, but he gets the answering machine. His next call is his daughter. Kim wants to help her dad so that everyone gets home alive. Bryan tries so hard to say no, but even he knew she was his best shot at getting out alive. Bryan can hear someone coming so he hurries off the phone. Murad and a few of his goons come in and have a chat with Bryan. As Murad explains to Bryan why this is happening to him and his family, he tells Murad why he killed those men and why he killed Murad's son. Murad didn't care, that was his son and he wanted justice, he wanted revenge for his son, revenge for his family, and revenge for his people. One of his goons puts a small cut on Lenore's neck and hung her upside down which causes the blood to drain faster and for her to pass out. His goal was for Bryan to watch Lenore die, but we all know that wasn't going to happen. Bryan manages to break free and get Lenore down. He calls Kim back and tells her to throw a grenade up high where there were no innocent people standing, so that he can see if he can hear it. Once he heard the boom from the grenade, he was able to tell Kim which way to go.
The closer she got, the more dangerous this got for her. When she threw the last grenade, he knew she was close. Bryan made it to where white smoke was coming out from a building. When Kim got to the building, she threw a gun down the whole. Time was running out for the both of them. The last grenade set off some alarms for the goons, so they went to check it out. Two or three chase Kim while others go check on Bryan and Lenore. They noticed Lenore on the ground and not hanging upside down anymore. Then they noticed Bryan was missing, or at least they thought he was. Bryan came from another end of the room once he was able to retrieve the gun and shot all of them. Bryan takes out everyone in the building. He even chased the men that were chasing Kim. However, when he came back for Lenore, she was gone. Unfortunately, Murad and three other guys got to her first.
Knowing how dangerous this mission is, Bryan's main concern is getting Kim to safety. Kim is the driver in this scene because, as Bryan puts it, she can't shoot. As they're being chased, Bryan has Kim crash right into the U.S. Embassy. To ensure they don't get shot down, Bryan takes out his small phone and calls Sam on his cell. He informs Sam that they're in some trouble and crashed into the U.S. Embassy and needs him to make a call so that they stay alive. Once everything is worked out, Bryan heads back out to save Lenore. As he eliminates more men in his way, getting closer and closer to Lenore, it begins to look like he has met his match. Bryan has to face one last guy before reaching Murad. During this brutal fist fight, it almost looked like he had this look on his face that read, "I'm getting too old for this shit." However, in the end, Bryan is the last man standing. When finds Murad, he trys to reason with him because he knows it will be a never ending battle with their families. Bryan wants to end the feud so that he can go home with his girls and Murad can go home to his other sons and grandchildren. Murad agrees and Bryan tosses the gun and starts to walk away. With his back to Murad, he hears the empty clip of the gun click. Murad had no intentions on letting Bryan walk out of there alive. You see Bryan's not stupid. So he turns back around, shows Murad the bullets in his hand and then smashes Murad's head in the wall up against faucet. Yeah, he's dead.
Bryan gets the girls home safely and Kim passes the drivers test. To celebrate, they go out for shakes. The only problem is there's one too many shakes at the table. Lenore has invited Jamie, Kim's boyfriend. In a playful manner, Kim and Lenore keep asking if it's ok for Jamie to be there. Of course Bryan allows it and ask Jamie to have a seat as the properly introduce themselves.
Always with the happy endings. This movie was great, I give it 4 1/2 stars. That's all for now folks, til next time..........
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