Liam Neeson Doing a 'Taken' sequel?
Fri, June 11, 2010 Taken was a small film that went on to be a breakout hit at the box office. It got mixed reviews from critics and audiences, but was still a major success. I personally thought it was all kinds of awesome. But I have to say without Liam Neeson I don't think it would have worked nearly as well.
One thing I never thought would come from Taken's success was a sequel. Given the story didn't really allow for it to go anywhere else come the end of the first film. Well that may change, MTV talked to Neeson while he was promoting the A Team, and they asked him about the possibility of a Taken sequel. To Which Neeson said "it'll be hard to get a plot that will be believable." Which came off really weird seeing as the first film wasn't all that believable to begin with. Never the less he goes on to say that he'll be meeting with producer Luc Besson later this month. Fingers crossed that something comes together.
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Taken was indeed "all kinds of awesome" but I don't think it warrents a sequel. A sequel that Luc Besson DOES need to make is a follow up to Leon: the Professional, with Natalie Portman.
I'll tell you how they could do Taken 2. Liam Neeson's character was supposed to be some kind of ex-special forces dude, correct? How about in part 2 a character who had a family member/loved one killed by Liam's actions during his special forces days comes after him for revenge. It'd be a great way to sort of reverse the concept on the hero, and it would raise some interesting questions about vigilantism and revenge. Why do we cheer for the hero when he does some pretty horrible things to others on the way to his goal, but we boo the villain when he does the same horrible things on the way to his goal?