Taken 3

Taken 3

Rating 5.5 out of 10

I liked the first Taken movie back in 2009.  Hard not to like Liam Neeson. Hard to believe he is now 65 years old and can still strike fear into the hearts of bad guys.  Did not care for Taken 2 one bit. There are just some plot holes and bits of reality my DNA will not let me overlook.  I'm happy to say Taken 3 is better than Taken 2.  Sadly not by a whole lot.

We find Bryan Mills (Neeson) living the modest city life trying to get along in regular life and still making an attempt to have a relationship with his cutie daughter Kim (Maggie Grace).  His beautiful ex-wife is having marital problems and turns to Mills for advice and let him know she is still interested.  When he rushes home to meet her after a distressed text he finds her dead in his bedroom. The police show up seconds late.  He quickly figures out he has been framed and instead of explaining to the police what happened and showing he clearly has an alibi he gives the police some karate movies and goes on the run to clear his name.

There are several other "oh please" moments that I won't go into.  I'll admit I can be a little on the picky side and many of these things won't bother the average movie watcher.  The action was good for the most part and Neeson is always good.  If you liked Taken 2, you will like this one.  I was mildly entertained.