Taken 2

Taken 2
U.S. theatrical release poster
Directed byOlivier Megaton
Written by
Produced byLuc Besson
Starring
CinematographyRomain Lacourbas
Edited by
Music byNathaniel Méchaly
Production
companies
Distributed by
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[1][2]
CountryFrance
LanguageEnglish
Budget$45 million[2][3]
Box office$376.1 million[2]

Taken 2 is a 2012 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.[4] 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 mostly negative reviews from critics. A third film, Taken 3, was released on 9 January 2015.

  1. ^ "Taken 2". British Board of Film Classification (BBFC). 14 September 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "Taken 2 (2012)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  3. ^ Fritz, Ben (4 October 2012). "'Taken 2' shoots for a repeat of box office magic with Liam Neeson". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  4. ^ Buchanan, Jason. "Taken 2". Allmovie. Retrieved 24 December 2012.