One of the best things about the first Taken movie was the fight scenes. The action scenes were devoid of any any excitement or sense of danger. Sounds totally different from the first two right? And it totally is, well it is until Bryan has to protect his daughter and kill Eastern Europeans. But this time he isn’t trying to save his daughter or escape bloodthirsty Albanians, this time he’s on the run from the cops because they think he killed his ex wife. Okay, basic plot: Liam Neeson is back as Bryan Mills, everyone’s favourite overprotective father with a particular set of skills. How can that not excite you? Sadly though, the best thing about this movie was the trailer. Now when I saw Taken 3’s trailer I was really excited – the scale of the movie seemed larger, no one was been ‘taken’ and Forest Whittaker was going to be hunting Liam Neeson. It didn’t try to create any new magic and just used reused the same elements that made the first movie such a success. My main problem with Taken 2 was that it wasn’t ambitious enough. Sure, it wasn’t as good as the first movie but it had enjoyable elements and showed off other sections of Mr Mills’ “particular set of skills”. I also don’t think Taken 2 was the disaster everyone is saying it was. First off let me say, I’m a huge fan of the Taken series and watching Liam Neeson kill people is one of the most entertaining things to come out of cinema in the last few years.
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