Looks like Taken 2 could be subtitled All in the Family , or maybe Bad-Ass & Daughter . Liam Neeson is back as retired CIA operative Bryan Mills, and based on the plot points covered by the two new trailers posted below, he enlists daughter Kim ( Maggie Grace ), who he gallantly rescued in the first Taken , to assist him in saving her Mom (Famke Janssen) from the bad guys. Turns out the motive for moms kidnapping is familial in nature, too: She’s been taken by the father of the kidnapper Mills killed back in the first flick. And if Neeson didn’t suck you in the first time around with his unflappable, I-will-make-you-regret-ever-messing-with-me charisma, he opens the first trailer by having some fun with his character’s certitude. Taken 2 is directed by the memorably named Olivier Megaton, whose credits include Colombiana and Transporter 3 , and we’re happy to see that the script was written by the same team that made the first Taken such a taut experience: Luc Besson ( The Professional and La Femme Nikita ) and Robert Mark Kamen ( Karate Kid , the Transporter movies), whose Kamen Estate vineyards makes some delicious vino, by the way. Follow Frank DiGiacomo on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.
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