More details revealed on Taken sequel

The villain of the film has been cast, and some details of the plot have been revealed. See here.


Now, I loved the first Taken. Yeah, it was highly derivative, but it was executed and established so well, and Liam Neeson was fantastic in his role. The premise to this sequel, however, sounds pretty ridiculous. I somewhat expected it to completely rehash the first film, but they've managed to go even lower than that. Apparently, the parents are the ones who will be kidnapped, and it'll be up to the daughter to rescue them.


I mean, come on! You're seriously telling me that Neeson's character can't defend himself or his wife after all the badass stuff he did in the first film, and their daughter, the one who was clearly defenseless in the first film, is the person that gets sent to rescue them? What is this, Spy Kids?!