Sequels

After the surprise success of Taken, two sequels followed, each escalating the stakes.

In Taken 2 (2012), Bryan Mills and his ex-wife are kidnapped in Istanbul by the relatives of the men he killed in the first movie.

Then 2014’s Taken 3 flipped the formula: Mills is framed for murder and must evade authorities while proving his innocence and protecting his daughter.

A Taken TV prequel series also aired in 2017, and starred Clive Standen as a young Bryan Mills.

Though neither sequel matched the original’s impact, both were box office hits, cementing the trilogy as a landmark in modern action cinema.

Neeson reflected: “I never expected there to be even a Taken 2. But audiences kept wanting more.”