Taken 3

This is just bad. It’s no great surprise that the screenplay is like an action version of a Mexican telenovela. But the fact that the action is terribly filmed is a great disappointment. Megaton buries everything in confusion and is excessively over-the-top. When you compare this to Morel’s action scenes, it brings tears to your eyes. Is it really too much to expect to see Neeson shooting and torturing people in a simple, yet meaningful story revolving around well-produced action scenes? P.S: It still bothers me that I don’t understand why Forest carries that chess piece around with him all the time… (01/30/2020)

If it were just a little rougher, if the action scenes weren't so sterile and if it didn't try to appeal to thirteen-year-olds, it would be an excellent action movie. Like this, Liam Neeson only does what he can, and the most surprising thing happens only after a few minutes. Nevertheless, I enjoyed this ride. (02/10/2015)

Taken set the bar very high, it is a cult-classic in the action genre, the film has no negative opponents, which can be said about few films. Taken 2 suffered from the change to a clumsy director that turned an intelligent action flick into a B-movie, but ut was still quite entertaining. Taken 3, sorry Parkinson 3, it’s a thriller rather, because action-wise the film trips over its own feet. I have to admit though it's very sad that I didn't enjoy any of the action, everything is so insanely edited and frantic that you can't see a fucking thing, in fact you just hear the punches rather than see them (as a fan of Korean action movies, I won't tolerate this from the Yanks). And it's not just the action, there are a lot of unnecessary and long shots into the void, well the Olivier Megaton shouldn’t be behind the camera. Now that I've vomited up the aftertaste of the negatives and it's time for the praise. What the film has benefited greatly is Forest Whitaker, the guy literally shines as the cunning cop and you can tell he's enjoying his role to the hilt. Thankfully, there are some interesting and intelligent flourishes and the solid pacing persists here too, which is a pleasure, this is what this franchise is mostly built on, so as far as the script is concerned, it's very satisfying, it could be compared to the recent The Equalizer, but that had talent in the director’s chair, something Taken 3 is sorely lacking. The PG-13 rating also spoils the impression. 60%. (01/17/2015)

A really, really, really bad action movie that lacks the most important thing - action. Well, it's actually in it, but the director is a loser, he couldn't film it and apparently - just like in 2012 - he thought he could cover up the lack of ideas with some kind of fake predation and frenzy, which is provided by absolutely insane editing and lack of clarity. Only this time it was even worse. This time, even the story is just plain stupid, it's a common B-movie variation on The Fugitive, which really didn't deserve an actor of Liam Neeson's caliber, and you can't help but shake your head at the main character's actions. Yuck. (10/23/2015)

Roughly the same nonsense as the second film. The charm of old-school crime and action films of the first film is irretrievably gone, as is the quality of the physical action. Olivier Megaton tries to imitate Michael Bay in some scenes and shots (massive destruction, over the top airplane vs Porsche), but he only succeeds halfway. It must also be noted that in the first half an hour, it is so confusing and poorly edited that it will give a headache to every other lover of action scenes. The second half is more satisfying, but still painfully below average. (02/01/2015)