Film Review – Taken 2

While Louis Leterrier’s “The Transporter” and “Transporter 2” were no
diamonds of cinema, they were wonderfully amusing offerings of junk
food, big on action and entertainment value, sold with a special Jason
Statham growl. And then co-writer/producer Luc Besson handed
“Transporter 3” to helmer Olivier Megaton, who cooked up a dreadful,
comatose third installment, effectively killing interest in the series.
Pierre Morel’s “Taken” was blissfully simplistic, focused, and served
raw, using star Liam Neeson’s natural way with blunt force to fashion an
absolute gem of an actioner. And now Besson has returned to his bad
luck charm, calling up Megaton to guide “Taken 2,” a disappointingly
flat, atrociously edited, and somewhat nasty sequel that doesn’t come
close to the rapid-fire original.
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