Fammke Janssen is back, which is unexpected good news. I’ve always liked her. In a sea of girls, when Hollywood delivers an actual woman, you have to be appreciative.
[Filmmaker Luc] Besson told us that Colombiana director Olivier Megaton has been using his time in Los Angeles to scout locations for the sequel to Taken, which will shoot there for a little bit, and the film itself will start production in October. He said that everyone is back for the sequel including Famke Janssen, who had a small role as Liam Neeson’s ex-wife in the first movie.
My only concern is that we might get “Taken 2: The Apology,” where what made the original such a surprise hit might be apologized for in part two. A pure revenge thriller with Islamists as the bad guys is what made the first such an unexpected smash. There are literally dozens of B-level action movies made each year with, so you have to ask yourself what set this one apart. Yes, the story was very well executed and written, but in a cinematic world of moral equivalency and joy-killing political correctness, for once we were allowed to watch good fight evil with a vengeance and without even a moment of hand-wringing.
Let’s hope the follow-up doesn’t find our hero living alone and with a tortured soul over “what he’s done.”
A simple story with hateful bad guys, a good guy who dispatches them with extreme prejudice, and an innocent civilian shot in the leg to get her corrupt husband to talk – will do me just fine, thank you very much.
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