Movie Review: ‘Taken 2’

This is a lazy, cynical film made for one reason only: to part you from your hard-earned cash.

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Movie Review: ‘Taken 2’ — Liam Neeson, playing Bryan Mills, prepares for a fiery confrontation with a band of killers in “Taken 2.” Magali Bragard/ Grive Productions

By Mark Jackson

10/6/2012Updated: 10/1/2015

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Mark Jackson

Film Critic

Mark Jackson is the chief film critic for The Epoch Times. In addition to the world’s number-one storytelling vehicle—film, he enjoys martial arts, weightlifting, motorcycles, vision questing, rock-climbing, qigong, oil painting, and human rights activism. Jackson earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Williams College, followed by a classical theater training, and has 20 years’ experience as a New York professional actor, working in theater, commercials, and television daytime dramas. He narrated The Epoch Times audiobook “How the Specter of Communism is Ruling Our World,” which is available on iTunes and Audible. Jackson is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic.

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