Taken 3: A review

The third instalment of Taken 3 was released in Kenyan cinemas on Jan 9. It has seen a good crowd of movie goers hitting the cinemas to check it out, and for good reason.

Once again, Brian Mills stars as the man who has something taken away from him.

You would think that 'bad guys' would have learnt by now not to mess with Liam Neeson – sorry, Brian Mills – but it would appear they haven't.

In this movie, Brian is older, settling into an older person's life – the typical going running every morning and having a bagel type life without too much drama.

He still loves his daughter, who is now living with her boyfriend, but in a new complication, he wants to get back with his ex-wife, mother to his child, Lenore.

Unfortunately, Lenore is still married to Stuart, and Stuart wants Brian to stay away from her, whether or not Lenore wants the same thing.

Meanwhile, shady deals are going down that result in the next victim Brian has to find and avenge – Lenore.

The pace is quite quick – some of the action sequences are too quick to follow, but still enjoyable to see how far Mills is willing to go to kill people and blow up things.

The storyline is basic, thankfully – Taken 3 knows it is an action movie and doesn't try too hard to be much more.

Neeson, as usual, gives a good action hero performance, but you can see he is getting old. I am sure the producers have already started to scout around to see who they can use for Taken 4 (movies never end anymore. There must be as many sequels milked out as long as possible). Perhaps his daughter?

It gets a 7 out of 10 from me, which is rather high according to Rotten Tomatoes. Reviewers have not been kind to this instalment, but if you liked the other ones, and you like Liam Neeson, then you'll probably like this one...and even see Taken 4.