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Taken 3

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Taken 3

PG-13

Released Jan 9, 2015

1h 49m

Action

Mystery & Thriller

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Ex-covert operative Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) and his ex-wife, Lenore (Famke Janssen), are enjoying a reconciliation when Lenore is brutally murdered. Bryan is framed for the crime and flees, with the CIA, FBI and police all in hot pursuit. For the last time, he channels his rage and particular set of skills into hunting down Lenore's real killers, taking his revenge and protecting the one important thing left in his life: his daughter, Kim (Maggie Grace).

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Critics Consensus

Hampered by toothless PG-13 action sequences, incoherent direction, and a hackneyed plot, Taken 3 serves as a clear signal that it's well past time to retire this franchise.

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Ben Sachs

Chicago Reader

Forest Whitaker turns in one of his sleepiest performances; no one else seems to be trying very hard either, yet director Olivier Megaton delivers some good chases, fist fights, and shots of Neeson looking glum.

Jan 16, 2015

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Wesley Morris

Grantland

A movie that thinks the way to earn our knuckle-biting is to be as dull as hell for 35 minutes, then send a giant shipping container hurtling along the interstate. But you yawn through that, too.

Jan 16, 2015

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Philippa Hawker

The Age (Australia)

There's something sluggishly formulaic about the rollout of smackdowns, chase scenes and general mayhem involving wrecked cars. And a plot point involving warm bagels is downright ludicrous.

Rated: 2/5

Jan 16, 2015

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

The good news is “Taken 3” is better than the last film, but not by a wide margin.

Rated: 2.5/5

Aug 25, 2022

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

The movie spends more time on silly and predictable plot twists than relishing the minor joy of watching this actor kick butt.

Rated: 1/4

Jul 13, 2022

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

We don't go to the Taken movies to see great art, we go to have a good time at the movies. Unfortunately, this time around, that pleasure has been "taken" from us.

Rated: 1/5

Feb 2, 2021

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Robbie Rob

Liam Neeson rocks. Another typical Taken movie......with lots of action, good effects, and revenge killing.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/18/24

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Michelle'sMovieMoment!

Liam Neeson ALWAYS delivers!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/11/22

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Stephen C

Liam Neeson's worst acting in 1 hour and 49 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

05/29/25

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Petros T

Apparently, Liam Neeson's salary was almost half the budget, and frankly I don't see any other reason to make this other than the money. He seems rather bored, and how couldn't he be when both the plot and the action are so formulaic? Forest Whitaker is pretty good, and the little character detail with the rubber band was a nice touch. Drinking game suggestion: take a shot whenever Mills saves himself or his daughter by doing something that in the real world would have endangered them even more.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

04/21/25

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Tanner B

Acting is sub par. I feel like I don’t want to watch a Liam Neeson movie ever again. Soundtrack is poorly timed and often unnecessary. It just sucks

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

04/08/25

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Blu B

Wow...The first 45 minutes or so is actually kind of ok with setting things up. It seems like it's another The Fugitive/Hitchcock wrong man accused plot for better or for worse. Not sure why it's called "Taken" though. You can still have a sequel without the 3. But regardless....nothing prepares you for the next hour of just incoherent, insanely fast, convuluted beyond belief plot involving Russians, betrayals of friends we've seen and never seen before but the film acts like we know all these people and that's only from the parts I could decipher.I'm sure there is a triple cross in there somewhere too because I had genuinely no idea what in the right mind was going on. And I swear I paid attention the whole way. It just bombards you with tons of action, shotouts, car chases, and than plot expose twists moments for minor repreives before going back to the nonsense. The editing is terrible, horrific pacing, generic music, and subpar cinematography and direction. It just isn't clear at all what is happening in the second half. The acting is alright I guess just watching Nesson kill dudes and beat them up but it's stronger in the first half when there's actual attempts at normal human interactions. The whole ppregnancy thing is completely pointless too. Shame they killed Famke because she is probably the best thing like in the pervious. Skip This. Terrible end to the trilogy. Completely unneeded and worst one by two miles at least.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

03/21/25

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Synopsis

Ex-covert operative Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) and his ex-wife, Lenore (Famke Janssen), are enjoying a reconciliation when Lenore is brutally murdered. Bryan is framed for the crime and flees, with the CIA, FBI and police all in hot pursuit. For the last time, he channels his rage and particular set of skills into hunting down Lenore's real killers, taking his revenge and protecting the one important thing left in his life: his daughter, Kim (Maggie Grace).

Director: Olivier Megaton
Producer: Luc Besson
Screenwriter: Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: EuropaCorp, Canal Plus, M6 Films Production
Rating: PG-13 (Intense Seq of Violence/Action|Brief Strong Language)
Genre: Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 9, 2015, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 1, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $89.3M
Runtime: 1h 49m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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