Taken 2 (2012)
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Wikidata Q1057015, film, IMDb tt1397280, TMDB 82675: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only film by that title; 1 more episode agrees.
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Picked in other episodes
- Aged the worst (nominee) for Taken (2008): Has a main bad guy, which makes it less exciting than the first film, where Neeson tears down the whole ring. Shea Serrano · 0:43:37
Who talked about it
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Connected to
John Wick: Chapter 2: 1 line lineage ×1
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lineage (sequel quality):
Taken 2 → John Wick: Chapter 2.
Simmons says Taken 2 is not the case where the sequel is arguably better than the first, as John Wick 2 is.
“I don't think it's a John Wick 2 situation where John Wick 2 is actually somehow better than John Wick one, or we could at least have the debate.”
The Rewatchables · 'Taken' With Bill Simmons and Shea Serrano · 0:42:12 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
Taken: 1 line lineage ×1
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lineage (sequel quality):
Taken → Taken 2.
The first film works because there is no main villain and Neeson figures it out as we watch; Taken 2 gives him a known enemy.
“I like Liam Neeson figuring it out. I don't like him being pitted in a spot where we know exactly what he has to do.”
The Rewatchables · 'Taken' With Bill Simmons and Shea Serrano · 0:43:16 · Shea Serrano (0.70 sure it was them)
Where it came up
- passing in The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan, first at 1:52:28, 1 time
- compared in The Rewatchables · 'Taken' With Bill Simmons and Shea Serrano, first at 0:00:27, 4 times
What was said about it, by kind
lineage (2)
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lineage (sequel quality):
Taken 2 → John Wick: Chapter 2.
Simmons says Taken 2 is not the case where the sequel is arguably better than the first, as John Wick 2 is.
“I don't think it's a John Wick 2 situation where John Wick 2 is actually somehow better than John Wick one, or we could at least have the debate.”
The Rewatchables · 'Taken' With Bill Simmons and Shea Serrano · 0:42:12 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them) -
lineage (sequel quality):
Taken → Taken 2.
The first film works because there is no main villain and Neeson figures it out as we watch; Taken 2 gives him a known enemy.
“I like Liam Neeson figuring it out. I don't like him being pitted in a spot where we know exactly what he has to do.”
The Rewatchables · 'Taken' With Bill Simmons and Shea Serrano · 0:43:16 · Shea Serrano (0.70 sure it was them)
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- No one.