Fammke Janssen is back, which is unexpected good news. I’ve always liked her. In a sea of girls, when Hollywood delivers an actual woman, you have to be appreciative.

Coming Soon:

[Filmmaker Luc] Besson told us that Colombiana director Olivier Megaton has been using his time in Los Angeles to scout locations for the sequel to Taken, which will shoot there for a little bit, and the film itself will start production in October. He said that everyone is back for the sequel including Famke Janssen, who had a small role as Liam Neeson’s ex-wife in the first movie.

My only concern is that we might get “Taken 2: The Apology,” where what made the original such a surprise hit might be apologized for in part two. A pure revenge thriller with Islamists as the bad guys is what made the first such an unexpected smash. There are literally dozens of B-level action movies made each year with, so you have to ask yourself what set this one apart. Yes, the story was very well executed and written, but in a cinematic world of moral equivalency and joy-killing political correctness, for once we were allowed to watch good fight evil with a vengeance and without even a moment of hand-wringing.

Let’s hope the follow-up doesn’t find our hero living alone and with a tortured soul over “what he’s done.”

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This is the second of a two-part commentary. You can read Part One here.

We continue exploring Alistair Horne’s, Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962. All the time, bearing in mind that the movie, The Battle of Algiers, conveniently eliminates vital facts regarding the sickening methods codified by the Algerian terrorists. For the truth would negate the film’s foundational purpose: to spread Jihadist propaganda under the guise of the always safe and fashionable anti-colonialism.

Who were these leaders of the Battle of Algiers, these men who were so willing, so anxious to spill oceans of innocent blood? This is not an academic question, for as we shall see, the cast of characters bears little relationship to the romantic images presented by Gillo Pontecorvo in The Battle of Algiers. (more…)