"In Istanbul, retired CIA operative Bryan Mills and his wife are taken hostage by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing his daughter."
At what point does the premise of the movie fall apart?
WRONG. The correct answer is when the phrase "Taken 2" is mentioned.
If you've seen the first film, you should understand why even the idea of there being a sequel to the first movie is an earth-shatteringly ridiculous idea. If you haven't seen "Taken" go do that right now. It lasts about as long as eating a pizza and is at least ten times more satisfying. Go. Right now. I'll wait.
See, I was right. And now it's clear to you too: There can't be a Taken 2 because in the first movie Liam Neeson murdered everyone in Paris even remotely connected to human trafficking.
Seriously, it takes him pretty much 48 hours to end the trade in human lives in Paris, and naturally he did it single-handedly. He was only really in mortal danger like once, maybe twice, and he just shrugged it off each time.
Of course, this movie takes place in Istanbul, and they haven't just kidnapped his daughter again. Instead, one of the fathers of the thousand people Neeson killed in the first movie wants revenge, and he takes it by assassinating his wife in front of his eyes, so he too can feel the pain of having someone he loves snatched away from- Oh wait, that isn't what happens at all. He takes both of them hostage.
This is easily the dumbest thing he could have done.
For starters, our villain clearly has no survival instincts. Clearly he should know how dangerous this guy is, because he must know about the scores of other men Neeson killed along with his son. If this guy is a crime lord worth his salt then once he's taken out his rage over his son's murder on his Bouncing Bobo doll, he'd realize that in addition to his son, he also killed everyone in Paris involved in the slave trade in like two days completely by himself (I really can't emphasize that enough).
And he wants to keep that guy hostage? Not kill him, just keep him captive and maybe torture him a bit? And you want to keep his wife too? So now, in addition to his fiery determination to protect a loved one (and we've already seen what he can do with that(Everyone in Paris)), you'll also have made him angry with all that torture. I don't care if you've got the police in your pocket and a bunch of ex-special forces guys on your payroll. The bad guys in the first movie had both, and that still didn't help.
Short of a long-range thermonuclear strike, there won't be any way for the bad guy to salvage this situation once the ball gets rolling. Here's my prediction for how the movie will play out.
Taken 2: You Are Going to Die
LIAM NEESON and HIS WIFE are brought at gunpoint before the BAD GUY, who proceeds to gloat.
BAD GUY: Liam Neeson, you killed my son years ago in Paris. Now I will make you-
LIAM NEESON kills the guards, leaps out a window hand in hand with HIS WIFE and takes HER to the airport, then goes on an 80 minute long killing spree consisting of EVERYONE who's ever said "Hello" to the BAD GUY. Finally LIAM NEESON makes his way to the BAD GUY'S mansion and confronts him in HIS OFFICE.
BAD GUY: (Fear urination)
LIAM NEESON kills the BAD GUY, then looks somber.
THE END
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