He rescues Kim after tracking down and killing her Albanian kidnappers and the man who purchased her. Brace yourself for the Unrated Edition of Taken 2, with even more explosive action and thrilling suspense. After Maggie is sold in an auction, Bryan rescues her aboard a boat. Maggie is Bryan's 17-year-old daughter and an aspiring singer. His most recent projects include the now-canceled reboot of "American Gigolo, " starring Jon Bernthal, and a podcast series called "The Callisto Protocol: Helix Station. Grace has appeared in over 30 film and TV projects since "Taken, " including the two "Taken" sequels and "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn" parts one and two. He takes his daughter back to the US, where she reunites with her mother and stepfather. Bryan then employs his unique tactics to get his family to safety and systematically take out the kidnappers, one by one. Bryan is a divorced, retired US government agent-turned-bodyguard who flies to Paris after his 17-year-old daughter Kim is abducted during a vacation in the city. "Taken" was released in US theaters on January 30, 2009. Critics Consensus: Taken 2 is largely bereft of the kinetic thrills -- and surprises -- that made the original a hit.
Thou shalt have foreign villains It has always made so much more sense to Hollywood to have villains who are not only menacing and evil, but talk in a language, that – HORROR OF HORRORS – they can't understand! Taken 2 (Unrated Cut). Taken 2 has a lot of those, and that's always, always a good thing. Like a good estranged husband, Mills gives up his arms, but after making a minute-long phone call to his daughter in front of the bad guys, systematically explaining to her the situation he is in right now and what she needs to do to not get caught, as the understanding, well-intentioned bad guys wait for him to be done, because they probably have daughters too, you know. In the original, Taken, the daughter of a retired CIA agent, Bryan Mills (Neeson) is kidnapped by human traffickers and he has to use his "particular set of skills" to save her. Since "Taken, " Janssen has reprised the role of Lenore in "Taken 2" (2012) and "Taken 3" (2014), as well as Jean Grey in "The Wolverine" (2013) and "X-Men: Days of Future Past" (2014). Genre:Action, Thriller. Mills: You know what, just kill me. Thou shalt not have any plot, whatsoever.
Before your accent or logic do. Having married a wealthy businessman after their divorce, Lenore and Bryan's relationship is sometimes acrimonious, but after Kim is kidnapped, she begs Bryan to rescue their daughter. This, of course, is painfully obvious in Taken 2, where the plot is exactly as elaborate as the movie's poster tagline: They want revenge. Sam is one of Bryan's former US government colleagues, who has since turned to private security with several men. After Kim is kidnapped, Sam does some online sleuthing to identify her abductors. He is part of the security detail assigned to protect Sheerah, a young pop star, at the start of the film.
Confirm current pricing with applicable retailer. After a key is added in the profile settings, it may take up to 20 minutes before your account limits are updated. To survive, Bryan must enlist the help of an unlikely ally and use his brutally efficient skills to take out his kidnappers. But "Taken" took the Oscar-nominated actor's career in a different direction, establishing him as a bonafide action star. Gries has appeared in many TV and film projects since "Taken, " reprising his role as Uncle Rico in the short-lived animated series "Napoleon Dynamite" in 2012 and appearing for 30 episodes as Dr. Roberts in the show "Dream Corp LLC. When the father of one of the villains Bryan killed swears revenge, and takes Bryan and his wife hostage in Istanbul, Bryan enlists Kim to help them escape. Passwords can be recovered following these instructions. Because if the studio had a script with a plot or a story of its own, why on earth would it waste it on a sequel? Sort of Every mainstream Hollywood movie depends as much on its big-budget special effects and action as it does on its dialog. And where Taken 2 is concerned, plot or no plot, watching Liam Neeson kick butt is always going to be worth it! If your e-mail address is rejected, please contact the administrators on the infrastructure Matrix channel, or reach out via e-mail.
The action-thriller film starred Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen, and Maggie Grace. After watching the very badass Liam Neeson's new movie, Taken 2, which I was desperately looking forward to because the original was all sorts of fantastic, I have been enlightened in strange ways. All rights reserved. Create a new GNOME GitLab account here. They chose the wrong guy.
Taken 2 takes this commandment and as a first, turns it uniquely over its head — in the movie, it's not just the good guy who can't understand the frightening foreign villains, apparently the hipster foreign villains can't understand him either (because learning English is so mainstream, yo). Bad guy: BUT THEY WERE MY SONS.
Since its release, the cast has gone on to star in other movies and TV shows. Thou shalt substitute intelligence with action. © 2012 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. But after Bryan kills several people involved in Kim's abduction, Jean-Claude tries to trap Bryan and have him arrested. Okay, maybe I paraphrased that last bit, just a little bit. Bryan eventually learns where to find Patrice Saint-Clair, who runs the human trafficking ring, by visiting Jean-Claude's home, shooting his wife in the arm, and forcing Jean-Claude to find Patrice's address from the French Intelligence agency's database.
Neeson has been open about the loss of Richardson in the years since. Actually, it's sort of genius, then! Here's an example of the exact dialogue exchange the main bearded baddie has with Mills, after he has caught him and his wife, and is torturing them — with his accent, that is — rather than, you know, killing him: Bad guy: I will kill you because you killed my sons Mills: But they kidnapped my daughter first! Chokes with laughter*. Janssen has at least four projects in the works, including the action thriller "Boy Kills World, " with Bill Skarsgård, and the adventure film "Knights of the Zodiac, " costarring Sean Bean. Besides appearing in the two "Taken" sequels, Orser has kept busy with roles in TV series, including "24, " "Ray Donovan, " and "Berlin Station. Sorry, I couldn't get through with that sentence with a straight face. Release Date:October 5, 2012.
Here are five commandments that can come in handy for you too, whenever you make your hit Hollywood movie and are confused about what to do in the sequel: 1. Include your desired username and your account will be created manually. External identity providers such as Google and GitHub have been disabled due to an influx of spam. The actor will next appear in three projects including the crime thriller "The Knife Thrower" and the drama "The Myth of Mathew. In 2015, Janssen appeared for 10 episodes as death row attorney Eve Rothlo during the second season of the popular series "How to Get Away With Murder. First they took his daughter. Following "Taken, " which earned $226. Captions:English, Spanish. It's sort of stupid, isn't it? Liam Neeson returns as Bryan Mills, the retired CIA agent with a 'particular set of skills' who stopped at nothing to save his daughter Kim from kidnappers. All transactions subject to applicable license terms and conditions. Established contributors can use their GNOME account (via the "GNOME Keycloak" login option), if they have one (see how to request a GNOME account). Screen Pass Eligible: Yes.