Taken 3 (2015)

Don't Believe the Hype

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

I watched this in a moving car and had to throw up. That is how bad the action scene are, there is a scene that is constantly made fun of and that is the one where Brian mills climbs a fence. It takes like 11 shots. Also the plot is just a bad version of the fugitive, also THIS DID NOT HAVE TO EXIST, HE HAD A ROCK SOLID ALABI. Actually. If he had just gone with the cops that tried to arrest him at his house they would have found out that he was getting bagels when his wife was murdered. Just go question the workers at the bagel place. Point is do not watch or give money to this movie, just give it to Liam Neeson yourself. If you watch this pirate it.

I have not seen Taken 1 or 2, but I thought Taken 3 stands on its own as engrossing, exciting thriller. Neeson's fighting and get-out-of-trouble skills are what you would expect ... and more. The movie is well-cast and direction and pace keep the tension high. I recommend to fans of action thrillers.

After all the excitement of the first two films one might think the Bryon Mills and those close to him deserved a break but inevitably they are caught up in further mayhem. Bryon's ex-wife is murdered in his apartment and moments after he finds her the police arrive and assume he is the killer. Bryon manages to escape from their custody and sets about finding the real killers. The police are one step behind him and as he closes in on the killers he finds himself targeted by them too… if that wasn't enough he is concerned that they may also target his daughter.If you just want lots of mindless action then you could do a lot worse than this; there are numerous fight scenes, shootouts, car chases and explosions. Despite that there isn't the sense of threat that one might expect… Bryon gets out of apparently unsurvivable incidents more than once; at one point he crashes his car down an elevator shaft and somehow survives. There are some twists which aren't bad. The ending is a little cliché… Mills may have proved his innocence in the murder of his wife but would he really be allowed to walk free after kidnapping police officers and causing serious, possibly fatal, mayhem on the freeway?! The silliness is somewhat salvaged by Liam Neeson's fine performance as Mills. The rest of the cast is solid enough. Overall this isn't a must see but if you want some brain in neutral action you could do worse.

don't waste a minute watching beyond insulting even for a "popcorn" flick Seriously missed the mark - it almost made the Cop a bad guy for being so stupid - "let the system decide" omg please please watch the first one and maybe even the second but I watched the 3rd install in 15 minutes - and missed nothing - oh and yes I love Liam movies