Disclaimer: I am huge Liam Neeson
as well as Old School of Action Movies fan, so I am going to brag here about
both of them big time. If you have an issue with any of them – go ahead and
skip this post there are better things to do than read my take on this
fantastic thriller. Oh yeah! I loved Expendables (both the parts), just so you
know what type of movies I love. This is one of those movies which should be
called a well deserving sequel – which actually confuses the audience to decide
which one was better. Hats off to the Director and to the cast to pull this off
in a fantastic style, right from the very first scene till the very climax –
it’s a bloody edge of the seat thriller with so much going on screen that it
actually makes you forget the coke and popcorn you picked up on your way to
your seat. This one starts right where we left the first part, Liam is back
after killing the kidnappers of his daughter, separated with his wife and as an
over protective father. The tragedy (For villains) is that this time – he is
being kidnapped and his daughter helps in the rescue – that’s a complete
suicide on the part of villains but the way its done is amazing (Read that
Aammaazzzziinngg). The highlight of movie is Liam Neeson doing hand to hand
combat with half a dozen guys and letting them bite the dust, he yet again
proves that he is and will always an action hero. If you like thrillers – you
will Love this. Not to be missed by action lovers and it will be a crime for
Liam fans to miss it.
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| Famke Jenssen |
The Movie: As I said, this one
starts right where the first one left, father of the guys Murad (Rade
Šerbedžija) he killed in Paris to save his daughter decides to take a revenge
on him by killing him with whatever people he had left with him. On the other
side we see a little relaxed Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson), helping his daughter
Kim (Maggie Grace) get a driver’s license by giving her lessons in his own car –
it’s great to see him clean the car spick and span before he picks her up
exactly at 2 PM, not 1.58 and definitely not 2.01 but exactly as the clock
turns 2.00 PM he gets down from his car and rings the bell of his ex wife
Lenore’s (Hottie Famke Janssen) house. Only to know that she is gone off with
her boyfriend, what he does next is anybody’s guess as he is an Ex CIA agent –
so it’s a matter of seconds for him to know her location and pick her up. It was
too funny to see him actually do that and his daughter does obliges by driving
him back and by parking the car perfectly before she takes the final drive test
at DMV to get her own license. But fate had something else in store for them
this time. Lenore is having some issues with her current husband and as their
vacation plans go for a toss, Bryan offers them to come along with him to
Istanbul as he had a private brief assignment after which they all can spend
some time together. Bryan goes off to his work in Istanbul and is surprised
later to see that his Ex wife and daughter actually drop by to Istanbul and
surprise him. They plan to have a quite time together and his Kim makes sure
that she leaves her parents alone to have some good time and rekindle their
relationship, stays in the room and they go out.
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| Maggie Grace |
Change of gears: Right from the
moment Bryan and Lenore step out of the hotel in a car, they realize they were
being followed by another car. What starts this point onwards is a extremely
fast paced chase between the bad guys and Bryan, how he takes them all head on,
gets kidnapped with his Ex wife and how his daughter this time supposed to save
him is a fantastic cat and mouse chase game. It was simply superb to see Liam
Neeson in a again a full fledge action movie – doing what he does best as he
tells his daughter – kill em all to settle it once and for all. The movie is
actually very intelligently made if you ask me as I had to keep a track of what
was going on screen. Bryan’s calculation and the sense of direction, as his and
his ex wife’s faces are totally covered, they had no idea where they are being
taken, yet the way he manages to exactly locate where they were with the help
of his daughter bombing around the city. The device he uses to call those three
numbers and which works like a savior to him is simply superb. The movie has
its own goof ups too but yet – I am sure we can live with them as long as it
delivers a perfect thriller the way it does in this one. I actually ignored the
little mistakes as it was too good to see them fight for their life and help
each other. Even Maggie Grace got a lot of footage this time and was a part of
two damn good chases, one on foot on the roof and another one in a car with his
dad giving her instructions, the way she drives around the congested lanes of
Istanbul and crashes in US embassy is a totally awesome scene confirming that
she is going to get a license after the movie ends. But the best part was how
she traces her parents location with the help of Bryan’s instructions is simply
superb. Even in the climax – they don’t spare you and give you a nice shock, I
kept thinking whether they were hinting on a third part or not – you’ve got to
see it yourself to decide as it’s too good to be told. This one turns out to be
a great thriller against my hopes as couple of my own friends trashed it after
seeing but fortunately I loved it. Hence I will definitely recommend it big
time with two thumbs up. Do not miss it.
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