Ex-government operative Bryan Mills is accused of a ruthless murder he never committed or witnessed. As he is tracked and pursued, Mills brings out his particular set of skills to find the true killer and clear his name.
Retirement seems the best option for this flagging franchise.
It’s difficult to know what subtitle to give this. Taken 3: Not Again, or Taken 3: Seriously? or Taken 3: This Is Getting a Bit Much Frankly.
There is nothing wrong with Neeson’s performance, but there is a problem with the whole film.
While it wraps up the adventures of Bryan Mills with a neat bow, “the third and final installment” of the unexpected Taken trilogy makes it official: both you and Liam Neeson are too old for this shit.
Liam Neeson cuts a rather sorry figure in what’s less a final flourish for the series than a prolonged death rattle.
On the plus side, this is not nearly as nasty or repellent as the first Taken.
It's the worst thing an action movie can be: deathly dull.
It is a proper guilty pleasure.
Liam Neeson looks bored to tears in Olivier Megaton’s going-through-the-motions thriller.
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