Taken 2
Taken 2 is a 2012 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. It follows retired special operator 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.
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| Directed by | Olivier Megaton |
| Written by | Luc Besson Robert Mark Kamen |
| Based on | Characters by Luc Besson Robert Mark Kamen |
| Produced by | Luc Besson |
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| Cinematography | Romain Lacourbas |
| Edited by | Camille Delamarre Vincent Tabaillon |
| Music by | Nathaniel Méchaly |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | EuropaCorp (France) 20th Century Fox (International) |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Countries | France United Kingdom United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $45 million |
| Box office | $376.1 million |
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, but received mixed reviews from critics. A third film, Taken 3, was released on 9 January 2015.