Taken 2's first pictures have surfaced online.

Entertainment Weekly has debuted two photos of Liam Neeson back in the role of retired CIA operative Bryan Mills.

Neeson will appear in the Olivier Megaton-helmed sequel alongside fellow returning cast members Maggie Grace and Famke Janssen. The follow-up sees Mills and his wife taken hostage by the father of a kidnapper he killed while rescuing his daughter during the events of the first film.

The Unknown star said that his character will be "mellower" in Taken 2, but will still work in the security game.

"He's a bit mellower, I think. Having gone through the horror of the first film, and because of the success of retrieving his daughter, his notoriety has traveled and these major politicians and sheiks want him to be in their camp," he said.

"He organises the security situation. He's still retired from his special-forces group, but he takes private commissions."

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