Taken 2 charts the collision course between former CIA operative Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) and Murad Krasniqi (Rade Serbedzjia). Krasniqi wants revenge; Mills killed his son, but to be fair, he did so because Krasniqi’s son had kidnapped Mills’ daughter.  

The ever-capable Liam Neeson takes a well-earned payday as a retired CIA agent whose 17-year-old daughter is kidnapped by Albanian sex traffickers. Ham-fisted screenwriting over-establishes his desperation at winning his daughter's affection before he gets to use his specialized set of spy skills that will impose a hearty body count on his rescue and revenge quest around Paris. Grade C.