Nobody expected this to be a good film, but fucking hell, it underwhelmed even my already low 4/10 expectations.
#Movie taken 3 movie
If you are not an idiot, this movie will hurt your brain and may cause uncontrollable eye twitching. Tldr: The effort put into Taken 3 is Steven Segal-esque. Also I never noticed the lack of blood in the first movie, but it is reeeaaaally noticeable that this one is PG, and the lack of blood in some scenes seems comical. I liked the original because of the almost believable way Bryan Mills approached every situation, but this one devolves into a giant butthole of poop. In the few rare seconds when you actually can follow the action, you'll notice ridiculous loony tunes physics where shit flies around and explodes for no damn reason and Liam Neeson miraculously making it out of numerous ridiculously fatal accidents with zero explanation. Add to that constant quick cuts and poor editing and its impossible to understand what is where and what hell is going on. Personally, I usually don't mind the use of shaky cam to give a movie a sense of realism and action, but holy shit its use in Taken 3 makes every action scene incomprehensible. Although the original was no Schindler's list, Liam Neeson phoned this one in and some of the dialog in 3 is facepalmable. The story is a little more intricate this time around, and Forrest Whitaker brought something interesting to the series, which i can appreciate but the action scenes are truly terrible.
As a fan of the original Taken, Stay away from this one guys, it's just sooooo.