Taken 3 [2015] review

This movie was a huge improvement from its predecessor, attempting to capture the magic of the first film, but it doesn't quite get there. The first movie was definitely lightning in a bottle; it's a shame that corporate greed led to two unnecessary sequels. I do enjoy Forest Whitaker as an actor, but unfortunately he's mostly sidelined throughout the film. The director was probably going for a Fugitive-Harrison Ford-Tommy Lee Jones dynamic with Neeson and Whitaker, or maybe not, but again, it doesn't quite get there. The final scene with the two of them summarizing the plot is a testament that the plot itself wasn't that great in the first place. It is nice to have this trilogy complete; we can all hope they leave it alone. Final thoughts: The overall point of this franchise is that someone is taken and rescued while watching Neeson be bad ass and detective at the same time. No one was taken to be rescued in the final installment so in the end we get one dead character and everything else was pointless.