Taken 2 (2012)

Director:

Olivier Megaton

Writers (WGA):

Luc Besson (written by) &
Robert Mark Kamen (written by) ...
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Release Date:

5 October 2012 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

First they took his daughter. Now they're coming for him.

Plot:

In Istanbul, retired CIA operative Bryan Mills and his wife are taken hostage by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing his daughter.

Plot Keywords:

Albanian | Vacation | Revenge | Beating | Jumping From Height

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Liam Neeson	...	Bryan Mills
Maggie Grace	...	Kim
Famke Janssen	...	Lenore
Leland Orser	...	Sam
Jon Gries	...	Casey
D.B. Sweeney	...	Bernie
Luke Grimes	...	Jamie
Rade Serbedzija	...	Murad Krasniqi (as Rade Sherbedgia)
Kevork Malikyan	...	Inspector Durmaz
Alain Figlarz	...	Suko
Frank Alvarez	...	Car Wash Attendant
Murat Tuncelli	...	Custom Officer Albania
Ali Yildirim	...	Imam
Ergun Kuyucu	...	Mirko
Cengiz Bozkurt	...	Border Guard #1
Hakan Karahan	...	Reception Clerk
Saruhan Sari	...	Waiter
Naci Adigüzel	...	Cheikh
Aclan Bates	...	Cheikh's Aide (as Aclan Buyukturkoglu)
Mehmet Polat	...	Hotel Driver
Yilmaz Kovan	...	Hotel Thug #1
Erdogan Yavuz	...	Hotel Thug #2
Luran Ahmeti	...	Hotel Thug #3
Cengiz Daner	...	Hotel Duty Officer
Melis Erman	...	Maid Lockers
Erkan Üçüncü	...	Barber
Ugur Ugural	...	Man in Street
Alex Dawe	...	Johnson
Olivier Rabourdin	...	Jean-Claude
Michaël Vander-Meiren	...	Jean-Claude's Driver
Rochelle Gregorie	...	Jean-Claude's Concierge
Luenell	...	Driving Instructor
Emre Melemez	...	Hammam Attendant
Ilkay Akdagli	...	Albanian Intelligence Officer
Mylène Pilutik	...	Waitress
Nathan Rippy	...	Newsreader
Atilla Pekoz	...	Border Guard #2
Serdar Okten	...	Custom Officer #1
Mesut Makul	...	Custom Officer #2
Mustafa Akin	...	Custom Officer #3
Murat Karatas	...	Police Man Car #1
Cuneyt Yanar	...	Police Man Car #2
Baris Adem	...	Police Man Antique #1
Hasan Karagulle	...	Police Man Antique #2
Gazenfer Kokoz	...	Cop #1
Remzi Sezgin	...	Cop #2
Ahmet Orhan Ozcam	...	Taxi Driver Kim
Melike Acar	...	Pool Attendant
Yasemin Yeltekin	...	Pool Waiter
Baris Aydin	...	Pool Man Newspaper
Kenneth James Dakan	...	Marine
Adil Sak	...	Coffin Puller
Bekir Aslantas	...	Coffin Puller
Ercan Kurt	...	Coffin Puller
Cetin Arik	...	Coffin Puller
Tamer Avkapan	...	Hammam Cop
Erasian Saglam	...	Antique Shop #1
Mohammed Mouh	...	Antique Shop #2
Julian Vinay	...	DJ / Disco
Gaelle Oilleau	...	Maid Hotel
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Laura Bryce	...	Sunset Surfer (uncredited)
Özcan Özdemir	...	Cop #3 (uncredited)

Directed by
Olivier Megaton

Writing credits (WGA)
Luc Besson		(written by) &
Robert Mark Kamen		(written by)
Luc Besson		(based on characters created by) &
Robert Mark Kamen		(based on characters created by)

Produced by
Luc Besson	....	producer
Diloy Gülün	....	line producer: Turkey
Michael Mandaville	....	line producer

Original Music by
Nathaniel Méchaly

Cinematography by
Romain Lacourbas		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Camille Delamarre
Vincent Tabaillon

Production Design by
Sébastien Inizan

Art Direction by
Nanci Roberts
Atilla Yilmaz

Makeup Department
Frédérique Arguello	....	key hair stylist
Véronique Boitout	....	key hair stylist
Barbara Dally	....	key hair stylist
Brian McManus	....	key makeup artist
Myke Michaels	....	makeup department head
Michael Nickiforek	....	prosthetics fabrication
Steve Sosanna	....	hair stylist
Steven R. Soussanna	....	key hair stylist
Bill Terezakis	....	prosthetic design and sculpture
Aya Yabuuchi	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Gregory Barrau	....	unit production manager
Matthieu Bled	....	post-production manager
Matthias Castegnaro	....	assistant production manager
David Deshayes	....	unit manager: retakes
Frederic Jupin	....	post-production supervisor: Eclair Numérique
Franck Lebreton	....	unit production manager
Suat Saglam	....	production manager: Turkey

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ludovic Bernard	....	first assistant director: Los Angeles and France
Cheyenne Corre	....	first assistant director: split unit, Istanbul
Cheyenne Corre	....	second assistant director
Shadie Elnashai	....	first assistant director: second unit
Shadie Elnashai	....	key second assistant director
Sid Karne	....	assistant director
Melisa Kurtay	....	first assistant director: Turkey
Sandie Louit	....	assistant director
Pierre Marie Paubel	....	assistant unit director
William Pruss	....	first assistant director
Sybil Rerat	....	second second assistant director
Richard Robinson	....	second second assistant director
Selda Yildirim	....	second assistant director: Turkey

Art Department
Armando Abarca	....	lead man
Eray Bintas	....	assistant property master: Turkey
Franck 'Frenchy' Brousse	....	set dresser: Los Angeles
Mathieu Chatagnon	....	ripper
Asli Dadak	....	assistant property master
Eda Dalcam	....	art department coordinator: Turkey
Marie Dehaynin	....	second assistant decorator
Stephanie Laurent Delarue	....	second assistant art director
Jonathan Delerue	....	storyboard artist
Daniel DuPont	....	set dresser
Yann Dury	....	assistant art director
Joshua Foster	....	set dresser: Los Angeles
Tristan Girault	....	property master
Paulo Gonçalves	....	assistant property master
Yvan Hart	....	head plasterer
George Hobbs	....	assistant property master
Bastien Hulot	....	painter
Virginie Irdel	....	assistant art director
Gaël Langlais	....	swing gang: Paris
Dana MacDuff	....	property master
Baptiste Magis	....	second assistant art director
John Markovich	....	set dresser: Los Angeles
Baris Yikilmaz	....	first assistant art director
Atilla Yilmaz	....	art director: Turkey
Eren Yilmaz	....	assistant art director: Turkey
Fante Zamora	....	set dressing gangboss: Los Angeles

Sound Department
Guillaume Battistelli	....	sound editor
Stéphane Bucher	....	sound mixer
Pablo Chazel	....	assistant sound editor
Capucine Courau	....	sound editor
Frederic Dubois	....	sound re-recording mixer
Frederic Dubois	....	supervising sound editor
Najib El Yafi	....	additional foley editor
Najib El Yafi	....	sound recordist
Dennis Fuller	....	boom operator
Anne Gibourg	....	dialogue editor
Jay Golden	....	sound utility
Paul Hammond	....	adr mixer
Dean Humphreys	....	foley mixer
Dean Humphreys	....	sound re-recording mixer
Utku Insel	....	boom operator
Erica Kram	....	post-production sound coordinator
Florian Penot	....	assistant foley artist
Philippe Penot	....	foley artist
D.J. Ritchie	....	sound mixer
Erkal Taskin	....	sound assistant
Thomas Tymen	....	sound assistant

Special Effects by
Olivier Afonso	....	special effects
Guillaume Colas	....	main titles
Nicolas Herlin	....	special effects
Laetitia Hillion	....	special effects
Philippe Hubin	....	special effects supervisor
Jean-Christophe Magnaud	....	special effect general coordinator
Donn Markel	....	special effects coordinator
Murat Sengül	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Jean-Louis Autret	....	visual effects artist
Rodolphe Chabrier	....	visual effects supervisor
Jonathan Deniard	....	digital compositor
Christophe Duflaut	....	digital compositor
Eric Ennis	....	effects artist
Anthony Fung	....	digital effects
Stephan Guerin	....	visual effects artist
Clément Hector	....	digital compositor
Yann Leroux	....	senior compositor
Rodney Musso	....	assistant colorist
Laura Philippe	....	digital compositor
Mehdi Tessier	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Frédéric Alhinho	....	stunts
Malki Attar	....	stunts
John Burton	....	aerial coordinator
Amadéo Cazzela	....	stunts
Patrice Cossoneau	....	stunts
Laurent Demianoff	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Frédéric Dessains	....	stunts
Oumar Diaoure	....	stunts
Alain Figlarz	....	stunt coordinator
David Genty	....	head stunt rigger
Jean-Benoit Guillon	....	stunt driver
Vladimir Houbart	....	stunt driver
Michel Julienne	....	car stunts coordinator
Ibrahima Keita	....	stunts
Nikola Kostic	....	stunts
Görkem Kün	....	stunt player
Benoit Lavelatte	....	stunts
Christophe Marsaud	....	stunt driver
Stéphane Orsolani	....	stunts
Sébastien Peres	....	stunts
Christophe Roblin	....	stunt driver
Olivier Sa	....	stunts
Loïc Saintilan	....	stunt driver
Dan Schwarz	....	stunts
Aurore Tome	....	stunt double: Lenore
Sebastien Vandenberghe	....	stunts
Mark Vanselow	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Ümit Barlas	....	gaffer
Carl Bartels	....	camera operator
Emre Basaran	....	first assistant camera
Christophe Bassoulet	....	electrician
Camille Bertin	....	camera trainee
Anne Angèle Bertoli	....	additional assistant camera
Brian Bishop	....	rigging best boy
Fabrice Bismuth	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Magali Bragard	....	still photographer
Philippe Canu	....	grip
Julien Coquillet	....	grip
Fanny Coustenoble	....	first assistant camera
Steven Desbrow	....	aerial director of photography
Lorenzo Donati	....	steadicam operator
Pierre Garnier	....	key grip
Aurélien Gerbault	....	electrician
Marco Graziaplena	....	additional photography: Paris unit
Cecilia Guerrero	....	second assistant camera
Semih Hizal	....	video assist
Michael Kelem	....	aerial camera operator
Brett Laumann	....	gaffer: US
Vincent Le Borgne	....	electrician (as Vincent Leborgne)
Glen Magers	....	rigging best boy
Aaron Marquette	....	second assistant camera
John T. Martin	....	key grip: Los Angeles
Rose Neeley	....	first assistant camera
Olcay Oguz	....	focus puller
Pierre Arnaud Ouvrard	....	electrician
Maguelonne Pochon	....	second assistant camera
Mathieu Poudevigne	....	electrician
Luc Poullain	....	helicopter pilot: camera helicopter
Giovanni Quéné	....	grip
Jason Selsor	....	key rigging grip
Caner Sen	....	second assistant camera
Huseyin Nazim Sirli	....	bestboy: Turkey
Bas Tiele	....	first assistant camera
Sam Urdank	....	still photographer
Mohan Valmy	....	gaffer
Lance Jay Velazco	....	video assist operator: USA unit
Chris Walden	....	basecamp generator operator
Stephen L. Whitcomb	....	loader
Yigit I. Yucesan	....	video assist
Yigit Ilke Yucesan	....	video operator

Casting Department
John Papsidera	....	casting: US
Harika Uygur	....	casting: Turkey

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Rachel Benhabib	....	costume supervisor
Jordan Carper	....	costumer: preparation
Céline Collobert	....	set costumer
Filiz Dana	....	set costumer
Marylin Fitoussi	....	costume supervisor
Marylin Fitoussi	....	key costumer
Pauline Hofilena	....	costume assistant
Dana Loats	....	costume supervisor
Aril Nas	....	costumer: Turkey
Vicente Parada	....	set costumer: Los Angeles
Neil Tansey	....	set costumer
Eylem Yildirim	....	set costumer: Famke Janssen

Editorial Department
Jerome Brechet	....	dailies color grader
Sophie Chatin	....	assistant editor
Karim El Katari	....	color timer: Eclair
Rodolphe Fablet	....	trainee assistant editor
Clément Guégan	....	digital conformation
Audrey Kleinclaus	....	lab post-production coordinator: Eclairgroup
David Magalhaes	....	telecine dailies coordinator
Charlotte Mazzinghi	....	colorist
Karine Prido	....	assistant editor
Audrey Simonaud	....	additional editor
Blanchet Thibaut	....	assistant editor
Anthony Motta	....	dailies operator (uncredited)

Music Department
Emanuel Andre	....	musician: violin
Jean-Pierre Arquie	....	composer agent
Guillaume Berli	....	musician: violin
Martin Blondeau	....	musician: violin
Christophe Bruckert	....	musician: violin
Nathalie Carlucci	....	musician: viola
Fanny Coupe	....	musician: viola
Jérôme Devoise	....	score mixer
Laurent Dupere	....	musician: trumpet
Najib El Yafi	....	assistant music engineer
Antonio Gambale	....	synth programmer
Gisèle Gérard-Tolini	....	conductor
Claire Lugan	....	musician: violin
Alexandre Mahout	....	head of music
Jocelyne Maubre	....	musician: violin
David Menke	....	music editor
Marjolaine Plagnard	....	musician: bass
Marie Sabbah	....	composer agent

Transportation Department
Shay Morgan Brook	....	stakebed driver
Antonio Cides	....	assistant picture car
Atilla Deniz	....	driver: Turkey
Steve Geray	....	driver: Los Angeles
Guy J. Graves	....	transportation captain
Shelly Littlefeather	....	driver: Los Angeles
Deanna Lynn	....	driver: Los Angeles
Sylvain Maignan	....	production driver
Eric Miller	....	transportation coordinator
Sean J. Moore	....	driver
Volkan Ozedmir	....	driver: Turkey
Olivier Suffert	....	production driver
Tanzer Ugurlu	....	driver: Turkey
Rick Vestal	....	driver: Los Angeles
Akif Yilmaz	....	driver: Turkey
Oklay Yilmaz	....	driver: Turkey

Other crew
Stéphanie Beraud	....	production coordinator
Christian Butcher	....	production assistant: Los Angeles
Marlene Chavant	....	director: making of
Alexandre Chen	....	key assistant location manager
Romuald Drault	....	production accountant supervisor
Delphine Duche	....	assistant script supervisor
Claire Dumaze	....	script supervisor
Arzu Ergin Yilmaz	....	production accountant: Turkey
Tiffany Gomes	....	production assistant: Los Angeles
Anna Graham	....	assistant: Liam Neeson
Guillemette Guyot	....	assistant administrator
Lyal Holmberg	....	location manager
Peter Hough	....	production assistant: Los Angeles
Dawn Karen	....	production coordinator
Hakan Kilic	....	picture car handler
Kristen Lamantia	....	talent assistant
Marc Leroyer	....	weapons department coordinator
Johnny Mandaville	....	production assistant: Los Angeles
Catherine McCabe	....	assistant production office coordinator
Catherine A. McCabe	....	assistant production coordinator: LA unit
Catherine A. McCabe	....	assistant production coordinator: USA
Matt Mckinnon	....	key set production assistant
Matt Mckinnon	....	key set production assistant: Los Angeles
Lisa McNeil	....	script supervisor: Los Angeles
Joe Moore	....	basecamp p.a.
Jenifère Nieschmidt	....	assistant to famke janssen
Wayne Pang-Jezek	....	production assistant: Los Angeles (as Wayne Pang)
Roxanne Paul	....	production assistant: Los Angeles
Ebru Pilten	....	production coordinator: Turkey
Kevin Posnanski	....	mastering coordinator: deluxe digital cinema
Arthur Reudet	....	assistant unit location manager
Elise Romestant	....	assistant script supervisor
M. Ross-Michaels	....	payroll: US
Rhodes Short	....	production assistant: Los Angeles
Rhodes Short	....	staff set production assistant
Alix Sidem	....	production coordinator
Todd Spears	....	production accountant: US
Cindy Swartz	....	set medic: los angeles
Ross Tatelman	....	production secretary: Los Angeles
Andrew Turner	....	background production assistant
Andrew Turner	....	background production assistant: Los Angeles
Joe Utichi	....	production notes
Karen Yokomizo	....	first assistant accountant: US
Bora Yuksel	....	assistant to director

Thanks
Kelly Koskella	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• EuropaCorp (as EuropaCorp)
• Grive Productions
• Canal+ (with the participation of)
• M6 Films (as M6) (with the participation of)
• Ciné+ (as Cine+) (with the participation of)

Distributors

• 20th Century Fox (2012) (Canada) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2012) (UK) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2013) (Japan) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2012) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox de Argentina (2012) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Belga Films (2012) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Big Picture 2 Films (2012) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• EuropaCorp. Distribution (2012) (France) (theatrical)
• Independent Films (2012) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Odeon (2012) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (2012) (USA) (theatrical)
• Universum Film (UFA) (2012) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Belga Home Vidéo (2013) (Belgium) (DVD)
• Belga Home Vidéo (2013) (Belgium) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Belga Home Vidéo (2013) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Belga Home Vidéo (2013) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• MediaPro Distribution (2012) (Romania) (all media)

Special Effects

• Mac Guff Ligne (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Intelligent Media  international monitoring agency
• Rysk  poster design (uncredited)
• Sessions Payroll Management  extras payroll services
• Vantage Film  camera equipment provided by

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MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, and some sensuality

Runtime:

92 min | 98 min (Extended Version)

Country:

France

Language:

English | Turkish | Arabic

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Datasat | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #47729) | Singapore:PG13 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | South Korea:18 | Ireland:12A (re-rating on appeal) | UK:12A (cut) | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Philippines:PG-13 | Germany:16 | Mexico:B15 | Netherlands:12 | India:A | Brazil:14 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/12 | France:U (with warning) | Japan:G | Ireland:15A (original rating) | Hong Kong:IIB | Peru:14 | Argentina:16

Filming Locations:

Turkey

Company:

EuropaCorp

Trivia:

Diego Boneta and Xavier Samuel auditioned for the role that went to Luke Grimes.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Kim is making circles on the map, she compares the shoelace to the map's scale as a reference, but doesn't hold the lace flat against the map when drawing the circles; instead, the lace acts as the hypotenuse of a right triangle, with the pen and map as the other two sides. Any circles drawn in this manner would be smaller than intended.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Murad:He slaughtered our men, our brothers, our sons. The dead cry out to us for justice. On their souls, I swear to you. The man who took our loved ones from us, the man who has brought us such pain and sorrow, we will find him. We will bring him here. We will not rest until his blood flows into this very ground. We will have our revenge.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "A-klassen: Et år efter (#1.9)" (2013)

Soundtrack:

Too Close

This is one of the worst movies of 2012

This movie is utterly awful unless you are ready for a bad comedy. There are tons of flows. Albania doesn't border Turkey. Istanbul is a magnificent city. In the movie it is portrayed as a third world country slam hole. Police in Istanbul have new cars. The girl doesn't have a driver license in the US where everyone drives an automatic. Yet in the movie she hops in a stick stick shift cab and shows some amazing skills...So lame... Shots are fired in a hotel, grenades are detonated in a middle of a cosmopolitan city ...and there's no Police... The main character is taken on a ride for a few minutes and yet he appears to be almost next to the hotel. Albanians converse in English?!