After the disappointment that was Taken 2, I wasn’t exactly expecting near the fun of the first but I hoped for the best. It didn’t help that the same director of Taken 2 (Oliver Megaton) was back for this installment.
Unfortunately, it was bad. The action was so shaky, it was nearly impossible to distinguish what was going on. There were moments where the editing looked more like a high school film project gone wrong. Neeson felt like he was phoning in his performance most of the time. The script was riddled with cliches and extremely predictable. I don’t think I ever once cared enough about the characters to feel anything for them. Forest Whitaker does some kind of strange mumbling here. Most of his dialogue is unintelligible and he’s given nothing to do but make phone calls and drive around saying he’s “on his way.”
So sad as I’m sure there was a much better way to end this trilogy and I really do love Neeson. He deserves better than this. The only fun part for me was watching it with friends and mocking how ludicrous things were.