To celebrate the release of Taken 2, the guys behind Silence! The Musical – a musical adaptation of The Silence of the Lambs – has released this rather brilliant musical compilation of Liam Neeson’s greatest moments. (Jon and Al Kaplan are also some of the best pop cultural musical minds out there – I adore 24: The Musical, a pitch-perfect musical adaptation of the second season of the show.) By the way, “Neeson season” totally needs to be a thing. Like between blockbuster season and Oscar season.
Anyway, enjoy.
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This video is fantastic. Having watched Taken, Chloe and The Grey recently, I’m a fully paid of member of the Neeson kick-ass fan club. Not sure Taken 2 is going to be any good but this video has got me fired up to find out. Great stuff!
Yep, Taken 2 is nowhere near the quality of the original Taken, making many of the typical action movie errors that the original so carefully avoided. But, for what it is, it’s not terrible. It’s just way out of the first film’s league.
I really liked The Grey, in a different world films released in March could gain awards consideration.
I actually think Silence of the lambs is the last film released in that section of the year to win Best Picture. It saddens me to say it, but I suspect that – were the film released in the same slot this year – it wouldn’t even get a nomination.