"Taken" Sequel To Start Production In October

I wasn't expecting much when I sat down in the theater with my lady friend and small core of our friends to watch Taken in January of 2008, but boy did I get a lot. The flick was tight, action packed, and had enough heart to keep the characters honest and the audience in a state of constant care for them. Leaving the theater upon the roll of the credits I was content and never even fathomed a sequel.

Cut to now, our friends over at ComingSoon.Net have the exclusive update on the sequel to Taken which will commence production in October. In an interview with Luc Besson (one of the writers on Taken) about Colombia, he revealed that director Olivier Megaton has been scouting locations for the sequel while in L.A. Besson also dropped that everybody will be back for the 2nd installment, but we all know that the sequel begins and ends with Liam Neeson.

In my opinion Neeson always brings it but he was spot on in Taken. Perfect combination of grit and sincerity that you come to expect out of the grizzled actor. You wonder what direction they will take with the sequel. It will be interesting to see if Neeson's character is called back to the agency for one final mission or if they will continue the storyline involving the daughter. Some baddies coming back for revenge maybe? I wouldn't want to mess with Bryan Mills.