However, who would have thought, four years ago the first Taken just a movie 'small' French production. However, the exact Taken released in 2008, it shocked many film lovers.
How not, the film was made by Pierre Morel was unexpectedly achieved substantial revenue and earned high praise - even if made with a low budget production and the players who are not too well known.
Many people judge the film's success is due to the raw act treats tembaknya acting captivate views and Liam Neeson as Bryan Mills; an agent who must save his son from the grip of the Albanian mafia.
Taken realize that success is not just sheer luck, then EuropeCorp and Fox, as the studio that produces and distributes first film did not have to think long to make a sequel.
Still relying on the action of shooting and charm Neeson, this sequel to continue the story in the first film involving kidnapping ex-wife Mills, Lenore as the main conflict.
Narrated, Mills (Neeson) back into his job as a bodyguard to keep a sheikh in Istanbul, Turkey. He later learned that his ex-wife, Lenore (Jenssen) is having a substantial problem with her new husband.
Mills then suggested Lenore and her daughter, Kim (Grace) for a trip to Turkey, in order to momentarily forget the problem that happened to him.
However, the first perfect getaway turned into a disaster when the Albanian mafia leader, Murad Hoxha (Serbedzija) kidnaps Mills and Lenore as a venue for revenge, as Mills had slaughtered his men - including her beloved son, Marko.
Before the arrest, Mills gave instructions over the phone to Kim, so he was vigilant, because there will be a mafia member who is also about to catch it. Now, the daughter of the only child to be out of his comfort zone to survive and help save his parents.
The story in Taken 2 is taking a year's time after the events of the first film. Although supported by most of the cast and crew in the first movie, but the sequel is no longer directed by Pierre Morel who is busy finishing filming the television series, Zero Hour (2012).
Director's chair and then entrusted to Oliver Megaton, publicly known through Transporter 3 (2008) and Columbiana (2011). Besson megaton believed to continue the story of a retired CIA agent must bear a heavy burden, because the expectations of the audience of the film is quite high - consider the success achieved by the first film.
Even so, Megaton be a little sigh of relief, because he was fully supported by a team of reliable and certainty of return Neeson as the lead role - where previously he had reportedly did not join in this sequel.
To make this sequel more magnificent than the first film, the studio provides a production budget that is much larger than the first film, which amounted to $ 80 million. As for location filming, the filmmakers chose two exotic cities, namely Istanbul and Paris, and Los Angeles for his American territory.
Judging from the variety of material that has been released, this film seems to deliver more action than the first film. With the re-joining Neeson, movie lovers (especially big fan of Taken) may rejoice, because the film that the story is not too special it would be special to acting and charm.
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