Liam Neeson returns as Bryan Mills, the retired CIA agent who vows to do anything to save his daughter Kim from kidnappers. When the father of one of the villainous kidnappers Bryan killed makes bond to revenge, and holds Bryan and his wife Lenore hostage in Istanbul, Kim is luckily escape and in turn support her father to get them all free. Bryan then applies his unique tactics to bring his family to safety and systematically bring down the kidnappers, one by one.