Movie Review: 'Taken 2'

He is back; back with his brains. Although he is an old-man now, he is smart as a whip. He is fearless and kickass. He is a thrashing machine for all the goons who even think of messing with his family. He is a retired CIA agent, Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson). In comparison to its precursor Taken, the degree of admiration for this brave agent stays intact even though the magnitude of thrill in the movie lowers a bit. There is no  element of unpredictability in the script. The movie starts from exactly where its first part ends. The families of the Albanian kidnappers who were crushed to death by Mills in Taken take a vow of revenge. This side, Mills gains a ground to get back to his family. To re-kindle the relationship, his ex-wife okays in joining him along with their daughter in Istanbul where Mills is on his new assignment. The movie kicks in its typical shape when the vengeful team of Albanians show up to kidnap Mills and his family. It’s pointless to mention that the protagonist squeezes the lives out of all hoodlums and makes them stop missing their loved ones. However, the real Taken-moment of the movie is that edge-of-the-seat scene in which Mills calls up his daughter and astutely leads her to the location where he and his wife are kidnapped and locked up. Mills’ meticulous attention, his razor-sharp observation and jaw-dropping action stunts are the unparalleled gems that make the movie undeniably watchable. Please go for the movie to see how the combination of a protective father, a loving husband and a lethal ass-kicker looks like.