"I will find you."
"I will kill you."
Apparently nobody told Liam Neeson that he'd already done that in the first film.
Because here we go again.
This time, the families of the gangsters from *Taken* have decided they'd quite like a bit of revenge. Which, to be fair, is understandable. Liam Neeson did spend most of the first film systematically working his way through their entire workforce.
Their plan?
Kidnap his family.
Again.
If you've seen the first film, you'll know exactly how well that goes.
The plot is wonderfully simple. Bad guys want revenge. Liam Neeson wants his family back. Anyone unfortunate enough to stand between those two objectives is probably not making it to the end credits.
And honestly?
That's exactly why it works.
Nobody watches a Taken film expecting a deep character study or a complex political thriller. We watch because Liam Neeson has a very particular set of skills and we're about to see those skills applied to an alarming number of people.
The man spends the entire film operating like an angry GPS.
Locate family.
Eliminate obstacles.
Repeat.
What I love about Taken 2 is that it doesn't overcomplicate things. It knows exactly what it is and gets on with the job. The action is relentless, Neeson remains an absolute badass and the body count rises at a rate that would make most action heroes uncomfortable.
By the end, I genuinely wasn't sure if there were any bad guys left.
I think he killed everyone.
Awesome.
At this point, I'm convinced Liam Neeson could have solved half the problems in the Marvel Universe before the opening credits finished rolling.
The Avengers missed a trick.
5/5
