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Taken 2 is a 2012 French action and vigilante film directed by Olivier Megaton. The screenplay was written by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen, with Besson also serving as producer. The cast includes Famke Janssen, Leland Orser, Rade Šerbedžija, and Jon Gries. Nathaniel Méchaly composed the score, and Camille Delamarre edited the film. Production was handled by Canal+, EuropaCorp, and M6, while distribution involved 20th Century Studios, EuropaCorp, and Disney+.
The narrative is set in Paris, Istanbul, Los Angeles, and Tirana, with filming taking place at Cité du Cinéma, Istanbul, Los Angeles, and Paris. The film’s original languages are English, Turkish, and Arabic. Its main subjects are revenge and terrorism. The movie has a runtime of 91 to 98 minutes and was released on September 27, 2012. It is rated PG-13 and is part of the Taken series.
Financially, the film had a budget of 45,000,000 and generated 376,100,000 in box office revenue. Critical reception varied, with an IMDb rating of 6.2, a Metascore of 45, and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 22%. The film received one win and three nominations.
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6.4In Istanbul, retired CIA operative Bryan Mills and his wife are taken hostage by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing his daughter.
Cast
- Liam Neeson as Bryan Mills
- Maggie Grace as Kim Mills
- Famke Janssen as Lenore St. John
- Leland Orser as Sam Gilroy
- D. B. Sweeney as Bernie Harris
- Jon Gries as Mark Casey
Themes
- kidnapping
- fbi
- turkey
- police chase
- teenage daughter
- stealing a car
- ex-husband ex-wife relationship
- albanian
- u.s. embassy
- aggressive
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Ratings
IMDb
6.2/10
335,764 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
22%
Metacritic
45/100
- Year
- 2012
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Thriller
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Olivier Megaton
- Written by
- Luc Besson Robert Mark Kamen
- Produced by
- Luc Besson
- Starring
- Liam Neeson Maggie Grace Famke Janssen Rade Šerbedžija Leland Orser Jon Gries D.B. Sweeney Luke Grimes
- Cinematography
- Romain Lacourbas
- Edited by
- Camille Delamarre Vincent Tabaillon
- Music by
- Nathaniel Méchaly
- Production companies
- EuropaCorp M6 Films Grive Productions Canal+ M6 Ciné+
- Distributed by
- EuropaCorp Distribution (France) 20th Century Fox (International)
- Release dates
- 7 September 2012 ( 2012-09-07 ) ( Deauville Film Festival ) 3 October 2012 ( 2012-10-03 ) (France) 5 October 2012 ( 2012-10-05 ) (US)
- Running time
- 91 minutes
- Country
- France
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $45 million
- Box office
- $376.1 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- vigilante film
- Country of origin
- France
- Original language
- Arabic
- Series
- Taken
- Main subject
- terrorism
- Director
- Olivier Megaton
- Screenwriter
- Robert Mark Kamen
- Cast member
- Maggie Grace
- Composer
- Nathaniel Méchaly
- Producer
- Luc Besson
- Production company
- M6
- Narrative location
- Tirana
- Filming location
- Paris
- Duration
- 98
- FilmAffinity ID
- 246238
- Official website
- www.takenmovie.com
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- title
- Taken 2
- distributed by
- Disney+
- film editor
- Camille Delamarre
- box office
- 139854287
- review score
- 45/100
- capital cost
- 45000000
- publication date
- 2012-10-11
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Encyclopedic overview
Taken 2 is a 2012 English-language French action-thriller film directed by Olivier Megaton and starring Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen, Rade Šerbedžija, Leland Orser, Jon Gries, D.B. Sweeney, and Luke Grimes. It follows retired CIA officer Bryan Mills as he ends up with his family in Istanbul, where he is kidnapped, along with his ex-wife, by the father of one of the men he killed while saving his daughter two years earlier.
It is the sequel to the 2008 film Taken and the second installment in the Taken trilogy. Released on 3 October 2012 in France by EuropaCorp and 5 October 2012 in the United States by 20th Century Fox, the film grossed over $376 million at the box office, making it the highest grossing installment of the trilogy, but received negative reviews from critics. A third film, Taken 3, was released on 9 January 2015.
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