The first footage for the much-anticipated Taken 2, starring Liam Neeson, has made its way online in the form of an international trailer.

Here’s the synopsis, which is a bit worrisome:

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.

Take a look at the trailer below, via Yahoo! Hype:

Here’s the just-released UK quad poster for the film:

Lest we forget how bad-ass Liam Neeson and Taken are, here’s a little reminder courtesy of FilmDrunk:

Don’t mess with the Neeson. Are you excited to see this one? Does the trailer increase or hinder your anticipation?

Photo: 20th Century Fox