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| Directed by | Olivier Megaton |
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| Produced by | Luc Besson |
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| Cinematography | Romain Lacourbas |
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| Music by | Nathaniel Méchaly |
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Running time | 91 minutes[1][2] |
| Country | France |
| Language | English |
| 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 takes his family to 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.
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- ^ 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.
- ^ Buchanan, Jason. "Taken 2". Allmovie. Retrieved 24 December 2012.