Taken 2

thekingsguard

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Not as good as the first, though still a fun movie. Had they gotten a more competent director and kept up the tension and brutal action scenes of the first film, it could have been great. As is, still worth a watch, though I'd wait until you can rent it unless you're a diehard Liam Neeson/Taken/Luc Besson fan. Otherwise, wait for the DVD and go see Expendables 2 or Dredd 3D... god knows the latter could use the ticket sales.

Anyone else see it? For that matter, who here is a fan of the first one?
 

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I saw it this afternoon. Not as good as the first, but tolerable. A definite matinee movie though. Lots of really stupid stuff. The bad guys are complete idiots, and the family isn't particularly bright either.
 

gothicangel

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Sorry, couldn't watch the full thing of the first film. Now I can watch some pretty revolting stuff [Resevoir Dogs, Natural Born Killers], but I felt sick watching Taken.

Don't know about the US, but over here in Europe it's derided as xenophobic.
 

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Who isn't a fan of Liam?

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writeontime

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Oooh! I like that pic of Liam! :D

But while I enjoyed Taken, I suspect I might wait for Taken 2 to be released on DVD...