I watched Taken 2 for the second movie in my spare time. Honestly, I really did not like this movie whatsoever. It had decent cinematic elements and special effects, but the storyline was terrible.
I went in to the movie theater so excited to see it, due to Taken being so compelling the first time. My expectations were not met at all. The plot was stupid and basically pointless. Not much happened and it could have been so much better. Liam Neeson did a phenomenal job acting, like always, but it was just the storyline that through the film down the drain. It wasn't thrilling or compelling. He was much better in the first Taken though because the storyline helped him seem like much more of a badass.
The cinematic elements were good. They used a lot of high and low angled shots to capture the intensity of certain moments, but it certainly didn't make the movie great. The special effects of the guns and technology was good because it captured the realism. Certain aspects of the movie that I did like is how they addressed sex trafficking and almost how it affects the victims, like Kim (played by Maggie Grace). It was a decent movie on its own, but it was awful compared to the intensity and greatness of the first one.
Olivier Megaton directed this film, along with the first one. Although Taken 2 wasn't his best work, he still is a good director. He hasn't directed very "big-name" films, so that could be a possible reason as to why the film didn't meet expectations. However, Liam Neeson, being one of the most well-known "badass" actors of our time didn't do as well as he could have. He starred in phenomenal films prior to this one, such as Schindler's List, Star Wars: Episode 1, Batman Begins, Love Actually, The Dark Knight Rises, etc. He did not meet expectations whatsoever, even though he did relatively well. He is just such a great actor and I expected much more out of him. Overall, this movie kind of sucked and I would only give it a 2/5 star rating.
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