96 Hours - Taken 2

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Movie
German title 96 Hours - Taken 2
Original title Taken 2
Country of production France , United States
original language English , Turkish
Publishing year 2012
length 92 (theatrical version), 98 (extended cut) minutes
Age rating FSK 16
JMK 16
Rod
Director Olivier Megaton
script Robert Mark Kamen ,
Luc Besson
production Luc Besson
music Nathaniel Mechaly
camera Romain Lacourbas
cut Camille Delamarre ,
Vincent Tabaillon
occupation
synchronization
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96 Hours - Taken 3

96 Hours - Taken 2 (Original title: Taken 2 ) is a film directed by Olivier Megaton from the year 2012 with Liam Neeson in the title role. The film continues the action film 96 Hours released in 2008 .

action

After Bryan Mill's campaign of revenge in the first part, the Albanian human traffickers are buried in their homeland of Tropoja . Murad, the father of one of the gangsters, swears vengeance on his son's grave. The traffickers learn Mills' identity through a corrupt Albanian official and after torturing French policeman Jean-Claude Pitrel.

Bryan's ex-wife Lenore is separating from her second husband. At Bryan's suggestion, Lenore and Kim visit him in Istanbul , where he worked as a sheikh's bodyguard for three days .

When Lenore and Bryan want to leave the hotel and drive into town, Murad's henchmen pursue them. Bryan notices her pursuers and tries to escape them by separating him and Lenore, but both are captured. Bryan calls Kim just before she is captured and tells her that they are being kidnapped. After a daring facade climb, Kim is able to escape to her hotel room and hide from her pursuers there.

After failing to reach his colleague Sam, Bryan calls Kim from a cellar dungeon with a small hidden cell phone. Since she does not want to go to the US embassy, ​​but wants to help, Bryan gives her instructions to determine his own whereabouts with the help of some things from his suitcase and to bring him a weapon. This is where his kidnapper Murad shows up for the first time, who has Lenore brought in, injured her neck and hangs her over her head so that she bleeds to death in front of Bryan. He accuses him of killing his son, which Mills does not deny either. Murad announces that he will kidnap Mill's daughter and sell it as a sex slave in a pathetic brothel. When the kidnappers have left the room, Bryan frees himself, loosens Lenore from her shackles and calls Kim again, who is on the roofs over the city of Istanbul and uses a hand grenade to enable Bryan to determine his position. The explosion is also noticed by the kidnappers, who then pursue Kim. Bryan kills two kidnappers with the gun Kim brought him and saves Kim by shooting the last chaser. Bryan and Kim steal a taxi and drive back to their kidnappers' hiding place to free Lenore, who has already been taken away by the kidnappers. Bryan and Kim are followed on the way to the US embassy by the police and Murad's henchmen who can be eliminated by him. He calls Sam in the US, who makes sure that the embassy picks up Kim. However, on the drive to his dungeon, Bryan had paid attention to various things, such as road noise, and can thus retrace the path.

Bryan finds Murad's hiding place in which he is holding Lenore and kills his followers. He eventually finds the unarmed Murad and makes an offer to let him live if he refuses to retaliate. This apparently responds to why Bryan drops his gun, turns around and moves away. Murad grabs the unloaded gun and tries to shoot Bryan, whereupon he turns around and impales Murad on a coat hook. Lenore can be saved by Bryan. Back in the US, his daughter passes the driver's test and the family celebrates the rescue and driver's license with Kim's new boyfriend.

background

The film was shot in Los Angeles , Malibu , Paris and Istanbul . The budget of the film was about 45 million US dollars estimated. The film premiered on September 7, 2012 at the American Film Festival in Deauville . The film was first shown in Switzerland on October 3, 2012. The US cinema operators showed the film from October 5, 2012. The film opened on October 11, 2012 in Germany. On the opening weekend, the film grossed over $ 49.5 million in US cinemas. In total, the film generated revenues of over US $ 139.8 million in the United States. Worldwide revenues amounted to the equivalent of over $ 376.1 million.

The film was released on March 15, 2013 by Universum Film in Germany with an FSK-16 rating on DVD and Blu-ray Disc .

Diego Boneta and Xavier Samuel auditioned for the role of Jamie, which was eventually awarded to Luke Grimes .

German dubbed version

The German dubbing was done at Scalamedia in Berlin .

actor German speaker role
Liam Neeson Bernd Rumpf Bryan Mills
Maggie Grace Magdalena Turba Kim
Rade Šerbedžija Reinhard Kuhnert Murad Krasniqi
Famke Janssen Anke Reitzenstein Lenore
Luke Grimes Manuel Straube Jamie
Jon Gries Thomas Petruo Casey
Nathan Rippy Edwin Gellner news reporter
Leland Orser Uwe Büschken Sam
Ahmet Orhan Ozcam Edwin Gellner taxi driver

Soundtrack

On October 5, 2012, EuropaCorp released a soundtrack for the film, which contains 24 music tracks with a total playing time of 53:15 minutes.

No. title Interpreter Duration
1. Taken 2 Nathaniel Mechaly 1:36
2. The Burial Nathaniel Mechaly 0:44
3. Too close Alex Clare 4:13
4th Kim and Jamie's Car Nathaniel Mechaly 1:29
5. Let me Phoebe Killdeer & The Short Straws 2:54
6th Back to Paris Nathaniel Mechaly 0:44
7th Bryan Waiting for Leonore Nathaniel Mechaly 0:28
8th. Torture Nathaniel Mechaly 0:32
9. Bagasaz (feat. Özgür Sakar) Kasbah Rockers 3:18
10. Kim and Bryan On the Bosphorus Nathaniel Mechaly 1:48
11. Murad Arrives Nathaniel Mechaly 0:26
12. Pursuit in the souk Nathaniel Mechaly 2:52
13. Bryan and Leonore Are Taken Nathaniel Mechaly 1:36
14th A real hero college 4:26
15th In the van Nathaniel Mechaly 2:02
16. Murad Faces Bryan Nathaniel Mechaly 2:31
17th Bryan Escapes Nathaniel Mechaly 1:59
18th Tick ​​of the clock Chromatics 4:41
19th Kim Hides At the Hotel Nathaniel Mechaly 2:58
20th Bosumus Sabahat Akkiraz 3:19
21st Searching for Leonore Nathaniel Mechaly 2:09
22nd Fight in the Hammam Nathaniel Mechaly 1:33
23. Death of Murad Nathaniel Mechaly 2:46
24. Handyman Henrik Wikstrom 2:11

The following music tracks can also be heard in the film:

reception

The editors of the lexicon of international films mean: "The humor-free sequel lacks the pace and urgency of its predecessor, so that logical breaks and the unreflected glorification of violence stand out all the more clearly."

Dimitrios Athanassiou from MovieMaze.de writes: “After the high expectations that fueled the first part, the mood drops noticeably with the sequel. The scheme of the film is basically similar, but the cut, timing and a naivety of the twists, which even comes close to insulting the intellect, ruin a lot. Not to mention the almost ridiculous attempt to bring drama qualities into the story. Obviously, in this sequel everyone involved was mainly concerned with wringing out the cow completely. "

The prisma editors judge: “And again a great slaughter begins. After "96 Hours" Liam Neeson can again draw on the full and show the nasty Albanians where the hammer hangs. Despite devastating losses, they still want revenge. It goes without saying that the whole thing is not always logical and shows again racist tendencies, but for the most part it is still exciting. Even if you have already seen almost all scenes in a similar way [...], this adult film by Olivier Megaton [...] usually offers good action. "

Carsten Baumgardt von Filmstarts sums it up: “'96 Hours - Taken 2 'is a solid action thriller that looks more sophisticated due to the much higher budget than the original, but the glossy sequel lacks the rough charm and the infernal Power of the predecessor. "

Awards

Liam Neeson was nominated for the 2013 People's Choice Awards for Favorite Dramatic Movie Actor .

The film was also nominated for a Saturn Award in 2013 for best action or adventure film.

Sequels

Due to the great success, a third part was immediately planned. Liam Neeson initially expressed doubts about wanting to work in another film, but still played the lead role in 96 Hours - Taken 3 . In Germany, the sequel was published in December 2014, in most other countries in January 2015. As with the second part, Olivier Megaton took over the direction, the script is again by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen. In terms of content, Bryan Mills has to solve the murder of his wife, but - since he is suspected to be a murderer himself - he is hunted by the police officer Franck Dotzler , played by Forest Whitaker .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Taken 2 (2012) . In: British Film Institute .
  2. ↑ Release certificate for 96 Hours - Taken 2 . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , December 2012 (PDF; test number: 134 512-a V).
  3. ↑ Age rating for 96 Hours - Taken 2 . Youth Media Commission .
  4. ↑ Taken 2 (2012) - Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 20, 2019 .
  5. ↑ a b 96 Hours - Taken 2. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on May 21, 2013 .
  6. ↑ 96 Hours - Taken 2. In: Lexicon of international films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  7. ↑ 96 Hours - Taken 2 on moviemaze.de
  8. ↑ 96 Hours - Taken 2 on prisma.de
  9. ↑ 96 Hours - Taken 2. In: filmstarts.de. Retrieved November 26, 2011 .
  10. ↑ Thomas Zimmer: Taken 3: Liam Neeson returns for a fee of $ 20 million. In: serienjunkies.de. Serienjunkies.de , June 25, 2013, accessed on June 13, 2019 .