11/26/2022 0 Comments Movie taken 3![]() ![]() Until we stop, expect these films to keep coming, and expect them to, like Taken 3, be a complete waste of time too. But at the same time it’s soul-destroying that audiences keep lapping it up in their droves. It’s almost offensive that Hollywood regularly feeds us this same hackneyed tripe at least half a dozen times a year. It has the same nauseatingly bad script, predictably tedious plot, offensively clichéd characterization and lifeless action that has populated hundreds of lame action films before it. ![]() It's impossible, however, to be impressed by Liam Neeson as Bryan Mills because the men he goes up against are so preposterously inept. In Taken 2, Mills and his ex-wife are abducted by an international mob boss seeking revenge. The cast try their best, especially Forest Whitaker, who adds some nice traits to Inspector Franck Dotzler. Liam Neeson is the ultimate triple threat in the action-packed Taken trilogy In Taken, former CIA operative Bryan Mills goes after the ruthless gangsters who kidnapped his daughter. It’s weak, lazy filmmaking that makes you wonder where Taken 3's $48-million budget was spent. On at least two separate occasions - once in an elevator and the other down a cliff - Bryan Mills is heading towards certain death, only for him to appear alive and well in the next scene after the melee has died down - while we’re none the wiser to how he survived. There is no logistics or rhythm to the action scenes, and you find yourself completely lost amidst the flying punches and colliding cars. ![]() Despite possessing a name that suggests he was born to direct action films, Olivier Megaton’s frenzied approach to Taken 3’s set-pieces is so deliriously energetic and furious that it’s impossible to get your bearings. ![]()
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