Taken 2 (2012)

Taken 2 is a 2012 action thriller film directed by Olivier Megaton and starring Liam Neeson as Bryan Mills - a retired Intelligence agent, Maggie Grace as Kim Mills - Bryan's daughter, Famke Janssen as Lenore - Bryan's ex-wife, Rade Šerbedžija as Murad Hoxha - Chief of the Albanian Mafia and Leland Orser as Sam. The sequel to the 2008 film Taken, it was released on October 5, 2012.

Synopsis: A year after the events in Paris in Taken, on a trip to Istanbul, Bryan Mills (Neeson) gets a surprise visit from his daughter, Kim (Grace), and his ex-wife, Lenore (Janssen). The happy reunion turns sour when Lenore is taken by people working for Murad Hoxha (Šerbedžija), the employer of the men working in the Paris building where Kim's friend, Amanda, was found dead and the father of Marko Hoxha, whom Bryan killed in the previous film. With Lenore held hostage and Kim on the run, Bryan must utilize all his lethal skills to rescue them and eliminate any who are seeking revenge against him.

Production: Filming took place throughout early 2012, with scenes depicting Neeson and Grace's characters in Los Angeles being shot in January.