One of the main criticisms with Taken 2, aside from being PG-13, was the almost cynical retread of the premise of the first movie. Unsurprisingly a lot also thought that Neeson wouldn't return to the series. Well it was recently mentioned that he is returning, something which Neeson confirmed last night on UK television...
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Deeply disappointed that no one yelled, "Thunder! Thunder! Thunderbolts, ho!"
Good conversation otherwise, though.
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Neeson might not return to the series? He is the series!
And I kind of like the idea that somebody keeps getting kidnapped, they should just make it a running gag, like maybe in Taken 3 they could kidnap the family dog or something. Whatever gives Liam an excuse to go on a killing spree. We know they are all bad men though because they are wearing track suits.
the kidnapping is not the problem in taken 2, it was the whole plot. a lot of people said that taken 2 is just being redundant to all taken 1 was but i have to disagree because the first film has more plot in it while doing something really refreshing compared to other kidnapping films lately. taken 2 did nothing new and the plot was a lot thinner, the fights were alot more messier even the ending parts was a mess.
taken franchise would likely follow the footsteps of the hangover trilogy wherein the first was good the second tried to imitate everything and failed miserably, made a third which is a lot different but still coming up short of expectations.