SmugKitZine Tied for the best movie I have ever seen

Marketic It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

Brendon Jones It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

ronaldomessirroney Terrible action, bad script, bad cinematography. The John Wick films are basically just the better versions of these Taken movies. Go watch John Wick and John Wick: Chapter 2 instead.

Toykan Sean Dogan Well, as an American born in Palm Springs, CA and raised in Istanbul, this movie is simply transmitting and portraying irrelevant, wrong and incorrect information about Istanbul. And as different from the other Taken movies, Taken 2: Istanbul is a complete waste of production and time. Folks, Turkey does not share even a single feet of border with Albania. There are like hundreds or even nearly a thousand of miles. And that border control office, LOL simply bullshit. Most Turkish borders are way more protected than any of Canadian or American borders, as a result of being a modern and secular state but unfortunately located near those bloody and problematic Middle Eastern soils. All those pursuit scenes that look like a continuous segment of shooting were shot in extremely different and irrelevant locations, like 2 hours of driving between each of them (Taksim, Balat, Haydarpasa, Kadikoy, Istinye) under the traffic of Istanbul also as a natural result of being a +14 million populated county- and yes, Istanbul is a metropolitan, way larger and more populated than Los Angeles - Not a third-world-state- looking, typical radical Islamic, black-scarfians-all-around city as portrayed in the film; just like the hilarious cop cars (which actually Istanbul PD had preferred them a lot around late 80s - early 90s), well thanks to God now IPD drives Nissan Qashqais, most are covered with Kevlar as a bulletproof. Just go visit Istanbul, it's such a magnificent city to see.

Terryfan Taken the first movie is one of my favorite films it really was original and shows that anything can happen with the right talent of both cast and crewTaken 2 however is pretty much a example of that a movie like Taken don't need a sequel. The film is more or less the same plot as the first movie only this time the roles are reverts where Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) and Lenore (Famke Janssen) were taken hostage leaving their daughter Kim (Maggie Grace) to fend for herself. The writers did improve on the character for Kim. There are some worth while moments the action is still good. It just the plot is being like a copy cat to the first film. There are some good moments in the film and some clever intent moments that make you go wow it's just the film don't live up to the standards that the first film had set and it goes to show that Taken was better off without the sequel. It's just the film is more or less a disappointment while yes there are some moments that make it watchable but the film just will make you wish you were watching Taken 1 insteadI give Taken 2 an 6 out of 10

Cardinal Biggles OK, it's a sequel. But uniquely, it's actually rather good.OK, there are one or two clichés with that Romancing the ex-wife thing, but even so this is excellently written, and makes use of superb locations.It takes about 20 mins to really get going, and then you are on the edge of your seat. All the essential elements are there from any decent thriller, but you never find the movie formulaic.You probably know the good guys are going to win - they always do! - but even so the masterful direction manages to build suspense, and the ingenuity of our Hero when faced with his predicament is both novel and entertaining. A refreshing and fully engaging movie from a talented team of writer, director and cast.