Bryan Mills returns in October 2012

I hope the person on the other side of this peephole isn't Albanian

Liam Neeson returns as Bryan Mills, the retired CIA agent with a particular set of skills who stopped at nothing to save his daughter Kim from Albanian kidnappers. When the father of one of the kidnappers swears revenge and takes Bryan and his wife hostage during their family vacation in Istanbul, Bryan enlists Kim to help them escape, and uses the same advanced level of special forces tactics to get his family to safety and systematically take out the kidnappers one by one.

Two things here:  I'm very excited to witness the return of Bryan Mills.  I would probably put the first "Taken" in my top 20 movies from 2001-2010.  It was awesome.  I was looking at its Wiki page and was startled to find out it was rated PG-13.  When a PG-13 movie has such good action I assumed it was "R", well, I consider that to be rather significant.  The Bryan Mills Fighting Style was just a pleasure to watch (so much so I think its made the rewatchability factor of "Taken" skyrocket); it was like a combination of jujitsu and Old Man strength...and Liam Neeson pulled it off like a champ. 

The second thing, and extremely alarming part of this article, is this:  "Bryan enlists Kim to help them escape".  This...could be a disaster.  I loved "Taken" - I HATED Maggie Grace in "Taken".  I remember not only being glad she got kidnapped, but I'm pretty sure I thought she deserved it and maybe she'd learn a lesson or two.  Like always listen to what Bryan Mills tells you to do.  Maybe hanging out with Albanian gangsters and Middle-Eastern terrorists is just what that spoiled brat needed.  When I re-watch "Taken" now I actually enjoy when she's hiding under the bed and Bryan Mills very cooly and matter-of-factly lets her know..."And now they will take you."  Kim:  "NOOOO!!!!"  Me:  "Hahahaha!"

I can only hope the bad guys don't hesitate so much in "Taken 2".  Do it!

So, yeah, the last thing in the world I needed in "Taken 2" was MORE Kim Mills.  Ugghh.  And if they try to make her into some type of girl power-action hero there's going to be steam coming out of my ears.  I'll be going into this movie with my guard up.