![]() It's nicely scored, not intrusive but having presence, and the direction is solid. Really liked the rawness and slickness of the way 'Taken' was shot and edited, and the bleakness and grit of the rest of the production values suited the tone and genre perfectly. It entertains and intrigues, but doesn't wow. Enough of 'Taken' does work, or at least to me it did (not everybody will agree and that's fine by me), but also from personal opinion what could have been a pretty good film turned out to be an above average but uneven one that could have done much more with what it had. ![]() As was said regarding 2011's 'Unknown' recently, 'Taken's' potential wasn't fully lived up to. It is interesting for being one of Liam Neeson's first endeavours as an action hero, and considering that the trailer was an intriguing one and Neeson has always been very watchable and often very good the potential was there. Can see both sides, being one who was mixed to moderately liked the film. (Hey, at least the movie wasn't Transformers: Age of Extinction).'Taken' garnered mixed to average reviews critically and still is, looking at the reviews here, a film that divides audiences. It was a little enjoyable, but it's diminished by its moronic script, terrible direction and bad action scenes, even if Liam Neeson and the rest of the cast gave everything to make this movie right. Final Score to Tak3n (God the title is so dumb): 3/10. Stop wasting audience's time, for God's sake. If you're going to make a movie that serves only to generate cash, at least do it right. It's an obvious cash grab that offers little to the movies aficionado. "Taken 3" reminds me of "The Next Karate Kid" and "A Good Day to Die Hard", it shouldn't have been made. And suddenly, Stuart is part of some illegal business with a dangerous veteran. One thing I don't understand is that the police thinks Bryan murdered his ex-wife Lenore, but they don't know he risked his whole life to save her in the previous film (not to mention, he f*cking killed hundreds of people and travelled far to save his daughter in the first film). Liam Neeson's presence prevents myself from giving a much lower score than this and I like Forest's performance. Can't say they did "an extraordinary" job, but they were okay. ![]() Olivier Megaton clearly doesn't understand what made the original Taken a hit. it's bad and hurt my eyes just by seeing them. The action, just like in the second movie, sucks. After Lenore's husband kills her, Bryan Mills does what he is best at: Goes after them, while also escaping from the cops. Now, the movie opens with some armed guys who work for this veteran operative named Oleg Malankov, basically a generic antagonist whose plan is absurd. For one last time, Mills must use his "particular set of skills," to track down the real killers, exact his unique brand of justice, and protect the only thing that matters to him now - his daughter. Consumed with rage, and framed for the crime, he goes on the run to evade the relentless pursuit of the CIA, FBI and the police. Liam Neeson returns as ex-covert operative Bryan Mills, whose long awaited reconciliation with his ex-wife is tragically cut short when she is brutally murdered. The previous movie sucked, and this one is not an exception. Some people say that it's better than the second film. Redundancy is strong in "Taken 3", an unneeded sequel of the unneeded sequel that while contains a few moments performed by Liam Neeson and Forest Whitaker worth watching, its plot is banal and the action sequences are too frenetically edited to provoke excitement. This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. which also means actress famke jenssen is out of the popular growing franchise, if theres to be another taken film, how does the next story evolves around the brian mills family? anyway I liked this installment, it's going to be very interesting to see which other spy related thriller is going to rule the box-office this year. reason being the last taken installment film, actually gave the viewing audience the impression that ex-wife and brian are reunited as a family, only now we find out in taken 3 that her present husband stewart want's her back. the storyline starting with mills losing his ex-wife never went down well with me. liam neeson's character brian mills had really shined in this film the action was up-close and spot on. reason most spy film-fan's like myself had predicted that this year 2015. The storyline starting with mills losing his ex-wife never went down well with me. ![]() Most spy film-fan's like myself had predicted that this year 2015.
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