Taken 3

Another Taken movie? Oh please, Kim seriously, why can you not steer clear of trouble? To put the first movie into a single word, I'd choose "phenomenal". As for the second movie, I'd say "great." For Taken 3 however, I'm stuck between "great" and "phenomenal." A very large range between these two adjectives and Taken 3 would be leaning more towards "great" on the scale. If the first movie was a hit, the sequels will not get any better. This is a rarity, it does not often happen. And unfortunately, it did not happen with Taken 3. But, I can certainly say that I loved this movie.

The movie poster claims that "IT ENDS HERE" - but the fact that Taken 3 ended the way it did, I beg to differ on that very bold and simple statement. Could there perhaps be a Taken 4 on the way?

Nonetheless, director Oliver Megaton certainly showed the world how Lenore St. John (Famke Janssen) was completely insignificant, because she was killed off in the beginning. Her murder is more significant than the woman herself. Not even Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) shed a tear on her death. Well, he was trying to stay focused in order to catch the culprit. Bryan was set up for Lenore's murder, her throat was slit and was lying on his bed. Swiftly after Bryan's arrival at his apartment, the police invaded the crime scene. But Bryan being Bryan escaped from the arrest and then vanished like a ghost. CIA, FBI and the police predicted Bryan was the prime suspect in this murder case. Yet, later on we discover the treachery of Leanore's husband Stuart (Dougray Scott) who changed face since the first movie, was part of the scheme, yet he claims that it was done under the hands of Russian gangster, Oleg Malankov. So, can Bryan trust this man?

Taken 3 provided clever ways to manipulate its title. Taken 2's storyline seemed inevitable, yet Taken 3 was clever. The thought of legalised institutions such as CIA and FBI seeking after an innocent man is not quite uncommon, but you wouldn't expect it to be a story line for "Taken." The death rate has decreased since the last two and I'm not sure whether that's a good or a bad thing. More action means more gripping. Yet too much action means tedious and repetitive. I think Taken 3 handled its genre just fine. Almost perfectly even. All I can say is that Taken 3 did not take 109 minutes of my time for nothing.

IMDB: 6.1

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