2012 · action · crime · thriller
Taken 2
Directed by Olivier Megaton1h 31m2012
In Istanbul, retired CIA operative Bryan Mills and his wife are taken hostage by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing his daughter.
Our read: Taken 2 (2012) reads as a sombre, breathless, grounded action · crime · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, extreme action / crime, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- kinetic
- extreme
- twisty
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“You want more Neeson Istanbul chaos with minimal thinking required.”
Skip it tonight — You expect the first Taken's surprise or any fresh ideas.
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