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When it has first hit the theatres in 2008, Luc Besson’s
”Taken” became an instant hit,
reviving the weary career of Liam Neeson,
as well as the entire action genre. The recipe was simple: short introduction,
hour-or-so of killing-pace action and a brief exit. Fight scenes were short,
but explosive, with little or no special effects.
Unfortunately, both
sequels had nothing in common with the first part of the franchise. ”Taken
2” was incredibly boring for an action flick, while the third one tried to sort
things out, bringing the story to the home soil of USA.
And that was everything that ”Taken 3” succeeded in
bringing back. Huge budget, star cast (Whitaker) and spectacular CGI managed to
deliver only another one of those predictable
US action movies with no innovations and memorable moments to retell with your
friends after the lights in the cinema went on.
The secret ingredient of the first ”Taken” formula is
definitely lost. To be quite honest, they
should have stopped after the first one. But they didn’t, and it’s a shame.
Now, all that’s left is to hope that the movie slogan: ”It ends here” will prove to be true. Otherwise, they may make
another one, with Liam saving his grandchild. And that would a complete
disaster.
TAKEN 3 – 3/10
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