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'Taken 2' Review: The movie never takes itself too seriously

October 13, 2012 at 2:45 PM

Are you really surprised they decided to make a sequel to Taken after that film turned Liam Neeson into a bonafide action star in his mid-50s? In Taken 2, Neeson, now 60, returns as retired CIA agent Bryan Mills, who's currently working in private security, and who's accepted an assignment to protect a rich Arab sheikh in Istanbul. Unknown to Mills, the fathers and relatives of those Albanian sex traffickers who kidnapped his daughter in the earlier film, are hatching a plan to get revenge on him for dispatching their sons and brothers to grisly deaths. When his ex-wife Lenore (Famke Janssen) and daughter Kim (Maggie Grace) surprise him by showing up in the Turkish capital, he's thrilled about spending the weekend with them. As it turns out however, all their hopes for a quiet family reunion quickly go out of the window.

'Looper' Review: This is ambitious, audacious storytelling

October 13, 2012 at 2:39 PM

Looper, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis as younger and older versions of the same person, is a deliciously complex and fast-paced sci-fi thriller that's likely to satisfy both, fans of popcorn movies and those seeking more cerebral entertainment.