Taken 3

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Ex-government operative Bryan Mills finds his life is shattered when he’s falsely accused of a murder that hits close to home. As he’s pursued by a savvy police inspector, Mills employs his particular set of skills to track the real killer and exact his unique brand of justice.

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Taken 3
Overview:
Ex-government operative Bryan Mills finds his life is shattered when he’s falsely accused of a murder that hits close to home. As he’s pursued by a savvy police inspector, Mills employs his particular set of skills to track the real killer and exact his unique brand of justice.
Cast:

Bryan Mills: Liam Neeson
Inspector Frank Dotzler: Forest Whitaker
Kim Mills: Maggie Grace
Stuart St. John: Dougray Scott
Lenore St. John: Famke Janssen
Oleg Malankov: Sam Spruell
Garcia: Don Harvey
Smith: Dylan Bruno
Sam (Gilroy): Leland Orser
Bernie (Harris): David Warshofsky
(Mark) Casey: Jon Gries
Maxim: Andrew Howard
Jimy: Jonny Weston
Clarence: Andrew Borba
Claire: Judi Beecher
Maxim Partner #1: Cedric Cirotteau
NSA Woman: Catherine Dyer
Cop Brooks: Jimmy Palumbo
Cop Crime Scene #1: Robert Pralgo
Cop Crime Scene #2: Tony Williams
Cop Crime Scene #3: Al Vicente
Cop Utility Room: Alexander Wraith
Cop Debriefing Room: Shelley Calene-Black
Cop Technician Surveillance Van: Adam J. Smith
Cop Lenore House #1: Jimmy Gonzales
Cop Malankov Garage #1: David Clark
Clerk Convenience Store: Michael Shikany
Clerk Gas Station: Robert Bryan Davis
Clerk Toy Store: Nazareth Dairian
Impound Technician: Tony DeMil
Waitress Rancho Cafe: Stefanie Kleine
Customer Rancho Cafe: Johnny Harvill
Waitress Restaurant: Angie Dillard
Mike: Wallace Langham
Stuart Bodyguard #2: Franck Neel
Malankov Guard Elevator Garage #1: Cédric Chevalme
Malankov Guard Security Station #1: Anton Yakovlev
USC Girl #1: Ellen Ho
USC Girl #2: Haley Craft
USC Girl #3: Stephanie Honoré
USC Professor: Steve Coulter
Pilot Private Jet: Mike Davies
Co-Pilot Private Jet: Jonathan Waite
Reporter Crime Scene: Lauren Sivan
Pastor Lenore Funeral: Cornelius Peter
Bodyguard Many: Kevin Fry-Bowers
Bagel Clerk: Katie Mary Garland
Johnson: Al Sapienza
Phillips: Chad Donella
Malankov Guard Elevator Garage #2: Pete Thias
Malankov Guard Security Station #2: Cedric Camus
Malankov Guard Elevator Penthouse #1: Karim Ben Haddou
Malankov Guard Elevator Penthouse #2: Vincent Parisi
Malankov Guard Elevator Penthouse #3: Scott Thrun
Malankov Building Security: Laurent Desponds
Waitress #2: Amanda Nima
Steward Gulfstream: Alex Disdier
Controller Airport: Martin Vaughan Lewis
Kim’s Friend (uncredited): Abbey Ferrell
Detective (uncredited): Ashante P.T. Stokes

Crew:

Line Producer: Michael Mandaville
Characters: Luc Besson
Director: Olivier Megaton
Art Direction: Nanci Roberts
Production Design: Sébastien Inizan
Original Music Composer: Nathaniel Méchaly
Editor: Audrey Simonaud
Director of Photography: Eric Kress
Editor: Nicolas Trembasiewicz
Stunts: Shauna Duggins
Steadicam Operator: Lorenzo Donati
Makeup Artist: Bill Myer
Sound: Dean Humphreys
Sound: Frédéric Dubois
Visual Effects Supervisor: Jean-Louis Autret
Stunt Coordinator: Laurent Demianoff
Camera Operator: Tarina Van Den Driessche
First Assistant Editor: Akrivi Fili
Transportation Coordinator: John A. Brubaker
Makeup Department Head: Myke Michaels
Makeup Artist: Stéphane Robert
Costume Supervisor: Terri De Haan
Set Costumer: Dustin Fletcher
Construction Coordinator: Duke Tomasick
Property Master: Tristan Girault
ADR & Dubbing: Katia Boutin
Property Master: Lorie Arms
Casting: John Papsidera
Art Department Coordinator: Jessica Ann Grit
Dialogue Editor: Anne Gibourg
Still Photographer: Roger Arpajou
Additional Photography: Marco Graziaplena
Art Department Coordinator: Devon Lombardi
Makeup Artist: Scott Wheeler
Assistant Art Director: Dominique Moisan
First Assistant Editor: Sophie Chatin
Hairstylist: Frédérique Arguello
Makeup Artist: Todd Kleitsch
Assistant Art Director: Nicolas Migot
Construction Coordinator: Walt Mikolwski
Hairstylist: Nina Paskowitz
ADR & Dubbing: Clémence Stoloff
Still Photographer: Sam Urdank
Still Photographer: Daniel C. McFadden
Picture Car Coordinator: Gary Duncan
Hairstylist: Patricia McAlhany Glasser
Art Department Coordinator: Lauren Lebow
Assistant Art Director: Julie Mons
Script Supervisor: Chloé Rudolf
Hairstylist: Barbara Dally
Makeup Artist: Brian McManus
Picture Car Coordinator: Dennis McCarthy
Script Supervisor: Diane H. Newman
Construction Coordinator: Martinus Van Lunen
Special Effects Coordinator: Elia P. Popov
Visual Effects Producer: Simon Descamps
Camera Operator: Carl Bartels
Set Costumer: Kim Rollins Dometrovich
Set Costumer: Linda Lindsay Edwards
Set Costumer: Peri Richards
Set Costumer: Bob Moore Jr.
Music Editor: David Menke
Costume Supervisor: Lori Stilson
Set Costumer: Brenda Salivia
Gaffer: Mohan Valmy
Stunts: Tim Gilbert
Camera Operator: Pierrot Colonna
Armorer: Christophe Maratier
First Assistant Director: Ludovic Bernard
Camera Operator: Pierre O’ Halloran
Pilot: Luc Poullain
Key Costumer: Miracole Burns
Art Direction: Christophe Couzon
VFX Editor: Julien Champroux
Dolly Grip: Keith Mentze
Best Boy Electric: German Valle
Location Manager: Robin Citrin
Foley Editor: Jérémy Babinet
Aerial Director of Photography: James Swanson
Location Manager: Kai Thorup
Production Coordinator: Heather Neeld
Visual Effects Producer: Rodolphe Chabrier
Pilot: Frédéric North
Art Direction: Natasha Hatch
Makeup Artist: Jennifer Giragos
Hairstylist: Ketty Gonzalez
VFX Editor: Yoann Copinet
Set Decoration: Linda Spheeris
Propmaker: Robert Bullock Jr.
Sound Effects Editor: Capucine Courau
Armorer: Stéphane Linet
Boom Operator: Jérôme Rabu
Chief Lighting Technician: Chris Napolitano
Production Coordinator: Louise Parker
Sound Editor: Guillaume Battistelli
Fight Choreographer: Alain Figlarz
Wardrobe Supervisor: Marylin Fitoussi
Pilot: Alan D. Purwin
Stunts: Annie Ellis
Electrician: Mathieu Poudevigne
Casting Associate: Pierre-François Créancier
Electrician: Lucas Schwartz
Electrician: Benjamin Tessier
Electrician: Jerardo Gomez
Electrician: Vincent Le Borgne
Electrician: Joel Kirton
Electrician: Jean-Philippe Labille
Casting Associate: Deanna Brigidi
Costume Designer: Olivier Bériot
Characters: Robert Mark Kamen
Sound: Stéphane Bucher
Stunts: Oumar Diaoure
Stunts: Marc Bizet
Stunts: Ibrahima Keita
Stunts: Lyne Doffagne
Stunts: Sébastien Labie
Stunts: Cuco Usín
Stunts: Dacio Caballero
Stunts: Christophe Roblin
Stunts: Sebastien Vandenberghe
Stunts: Jean-Benoit Guillon
Stunts: Vladimir Houbart
Stunts: John Medalin
Stunts: David Julienne
Stunts: Vincent Gatinaud
Stunts: Tom Erickson
Stunts: Ken Clark
Stunts: Marcelle Coletti
Stunts: Larry Rippenkroeger
Stunts: Tim A. Davison
Stunts: Troy Faruk
Stunts: Boris Martinez
Stunts: Doug Coleman
Stunts: Eliza Coleman
Stunts: Bobby Jordan
Stunts: Steve M. Davison
Stunts: Carl Ciarfalio
Stunts: Merritt Yohnka
Stunts: Christian Bergner
Stunts: Lonnie R. Smith Jr.
Stunts: Harry Wowchuk
Stunts: Yassin Draa
Stunts: Scott Wilder
Stunt Double: Jessica Harbeck
Stunts: Jeremy Fry
Stunts: Webster Whinery
Stunts: Ilya Nikitenko
Stunts: Terry Jackson
Stunts: Donny Bailey
Stunts: John Casino
Stunts: Mickey Giacomazzi
Stunts: Juan Diego Montoya
Stunts: Danny Wynands
Stunts: Manny Perry
Stunts: Philip J. Silvera
Stunts: Nick DeKay
Stunts: James M. Halty
Stunts: Christophe Dupuis
Stunts: Jesus Lopez
Stunts: Florian Beaumont
Stunts: Stéphane Orsolani
Stunts: Brandy Rodríguez
Stunts: Jérôme Gaspard
Stunts: Stanton Barrett
Stunts: César Solar
Stunts: Malki Attar
Stunts: Franck Merenda
Stunts: Greg Beickman
Stunts: Frédéric Alhinho
Stunts: Kofi Elam
Stunts: Clay Cullen
Stunts: Brian Collins
Stunts: Craig Johnson
Stunts: Scott Loeser
Stunts: Allan Graf
Stunts: Loren Dennis
Stunts: Aren Farrington
Stunts: Marque Ohmes
Stunts: Tammie Baird
Stunts: Pete Turner
Stunts: Richard Burden
Stunts: T. Ryan Mooney
Stunts: Danya Bateman
Stunts: Jim Wilkey
Stunts: Brian Machleit
Stunt Coordinator: Mark Vanselow
Stunts: Stephen Conroy
Second Assistant Director: Kevin Frilet
Second Assistant Director: Marie Rolindes
Assistant Unit Manager: Jérémy Fernandez
Production Manager: Henri Deneubourg
Assistant Director: Sandie Louit
Assistant Script: Louise Albon
Executive Producer: Fernando Victoria de Lecea
Second Second Assistant Director: Bri Hervey
Production Supervisor: Jason Pinardo
Second Assistant Director: Trent Dempsey
Unit Production Manager: Carlos Ruiz Boceta
Assistant Unit Manager: Karelle Ciana
Second Second Assistant Director: Matt McKinnon
Assistant Unit Manager: Pierre Accolas
Assistant Unit Manager: Sarah Bonnet
Assistant Unit Manager: Antoine du Merle
Unit Production Manager: Frank R. Gardner
Unit Manager: Jean-Marc Gullino
Third Assistant Director: Cristina Freitas
Third Assistant Director: Winter Goury du Roslan
Production Assistant: Lidia Martínez Arnaiz
Production Director: Jason Pomerantz
Post Production Supervisor: Guillaume Parent

Catogories:
Thriller,Action
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Language:
English
Production:
France,Spain,United States of America
Company:
EuropaCorp,20th Century Fox,M6 Films,TSG Entertainment,M6,Canal+,Ciné+,Meñakoz Films
Popularity:
163.205
Date:
2014-12-16
Year:
2014

Reno: > Independently a fine movie rather being associated with TAKEN.
Actually, it was not a bad movie, I really enjoyed it. But associated with ‘Taken’ and being the third film in the series was the setback. Because unlike the first two films, this one was somewhat detached from the original theme. Except the cast from the previous two, the story takes place in a completely different platform. From all the three films, the phone call between father and daughter was retained, but was not effective as the first one which became just a trademark of the series, that’s all.

The first half creates the puzzle and next half solves it. As expected, it was a typical structure in this trilogy, but the last quarter was turned into something like ‘Mission Impossible’. In ‘Taken’ films, Bryan Mills (our lead guy) works alone, but he formed a team with a tech guy and others. That does not sound good, at least tried to be different from the original movie.

It is a little disappointment for ‘Taken’ fans, but you will have a best shot if you see it as an independent one off movie. Yes could have made a better action flick if it was not linked to it. Hope it all ends here like they have said. As a trilogy, it failed, or maybe we can call it a 50-50. But the first one was a masterpiece, a trendsetting piece.

6.5/10
Frank Ochieng: The rugged and feisty Liam Neeson (as on-screen alter ego ex-CIA operative Bryan Mills) is back in fighting form for a third and supposedly final go-around in ‘Taken 3′. This tired and tepid action-packed crime thriller is directed by French filmmaker Olivier Megaton (‘Taken 2’, ‘Transporter 3’) with screenwriting credits attributed to ‘Taken’ producer Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen. Clearly Neeson and company want to squeeze the remaining strained juices out of the ‘Taken’ film franchise as this movie series trilogy ends on an exhausting whimper. Uninspired, toothless and motoring on empty impishness, ‘Taken 3′ has run its kinetic course for the aging Neeson to aim, shoot and take down some serious repetitive butt-kicking numbers.
After the last two energizing installments where flashy foreign locales were a major part of the appealing ‘Taken’ universe, ‘Taken 3′ is reduced to unraveling in the uneventful backyard of familiar Los Angeles that definitely lacks the exotic excitement and visual vitality that were previously showcased in posh landscapes such as Paris and Istanbul. In fact, star Neeson reportedly nixed the idea to partake in the ‘Taken 3′ production if there was another concept of kidnapping involved. Huh? Why avoid the element of kidnapping when in fact it was the soundly running gimmick that made the ‘Taken’ experience palpable and pulsating? Still, this is the least of ‘Taken 3’s bothersome problems as the movie delves in the manufactured mockery involving cliched car chases, sketchy gunplay and the inclusion of countless Russian mobsters parading about in obligatory fashion. Importantly, even Neeson seems quite disengaged as his robotic Bryan Mills goes through the motions trying to find some upside in the forced upbeat shenanigans that seem to trudge along scene after scene.

The very first outing in ‘Taken’ took audiences by surprised as it featured a matured Neeson as an avenging former CIA human weapon Mills committed to his fatherly duties in manhandling the Albanian human traffickers that dared to abscond his teen daughter Kim (Maggie Grace). In ‘Taken 2′, the hostile adversaries want Mills’s head on a platter after he tore up their territory in his crusade to rescue his precious offspring from the opportunistic ruffians. Now Mills finds his neck on the line in the connection with his ex-wife Lenore’s (Famke Janssen) brutal murder. Look out LA…the harried Bryan Mills is out in survival mode. The question remains: whose blood will be spilled in the process?

Prior to Lenore’s senseless demise, she had visited her ex-hubby Bryan and the feelings between the former spouses are still strong. Mills still carries an emotional torch for Lenore but he cannot act upon his affections for her. Poor Lenore is trapped in her current unhappy marriage with an insufferable moneybags misfit Stuart St. John (Dougray Scott). In the aftermath of Lenore’s death, the distraught and beleaguered Mills finds out the trouble that he is embroiled in so convincingly. As a result of his former lover’s slaughtering Bryan Mills is reeling with outrage. Yes, folks, it appears that Mills is on the run and must prove his innocence and bring to the forefront the murderers that butchered Lenore. Mills has on his mind the need to protect his exposed college-aged daughter Kim from potential harm as well.

In the meanwhile, the LAPD lead investigator in Franck Doltzer (Oscar winner Forest Whitaker, ‘The King Of Scotland’) must track down the defiant Mills and make some sense out of the Lenore Mills St. John slaying. Mills proves to be elusive and crafty as usual while leaving behind his trademark trashing of battered bodies and bouncing bullets in the chaotic southern California streets.

Seemingly, the catchy novelty act of a hulking middle-aged Neeson exploding at the seams in action-oriented fashion resonated with glorious forethought. After all, ‘Taken’ single-handily resurrected Neeson’s box office cred and made him a cinematic hipster to the young folks and his aged contemporaries alike. However, the third time is not the charm in revisiting the gun-toting ‘grandpa’. Sadly, ‘Taken 3′ is mindlessly played out as Neeson’s Mills or the handlers behind this hollow hedonistic actioner have dipped their toes in an empty well of ideas to conclude this three-part crime caper.

Let’s face facts…we all were ‘Taken’ in by this pseudo punchy action yarn that no longer generates the destructive heat it once punctuated with carefree confidence.

Taken 3 (2015)

29th Century Fox

1 hr. 49 mins.

Starring: Liam Neeson, Forest Whitaker, Famke Jannssen, Maggie Grace and Dougray Scott

Directed by: Olivier Megaton

Rated: PG-13

Genre: Action and Adventure/Crime thriller/Mystery and Suspense

Critic’s rating: ** stars (out of four stars)
Per Gunnar Jonsson: I was looking forward to this movie and I have to say that I was a wee bit disappointed. It is a decent enough action movie but the script leaves somewhat to be desired. A good chunk of the movie is quite good, actually it is very good, but there are some crucial scenes that, in my opinion, really drags it down to a rather mediocre level.
The plot is a fairly classical, not a very intelligent nor a very original, one. When trying to push the third sequel in a series Hollywood have a tendency to fall back on certain “trusted” elements. Like, make the hero haunted by the law and / or the government (no I do not consider the government to be the same as the law) or kill off some of the main (or at least likable) characters.

In this movie they are doing both. I do not know why this always seems to be the standard solution because I certainly do not like it. Are the general movie going audience really falling for these, in my mind, cheap scripts? I guess they must be since this formula is repeated over and over again. Well, it is not for me to judge other peoples tastes and if I would have been a bean counter for the movie industry then it would really have been my duty to squeeze out as much money as possible regardless of whether I thought it would make a good movie or not, However, I am not. I am a consumer of movies and my personal opinion is that these plot elements are pretty cheap and not really to my liking. But then, that is just me.

Anyway, the movie is not really bad. It is a decent enough action movie and, in general, I quite like the performance of Liam Neeson. He is the half-sad, silent and, most of all, ass-kicking hero that I like. He is pretty much what holds this movie together. Well, that was perhaps not entirely fair. Forrest Whitaker is doing a quite good job as well. Most of the other characters are mostly fillers. The main bad guy started off fairly good but he really never got the chance to shine and the ending scenes with the big confrontation was…well I would say pretty pathetic.

This brings us to my man gripe with this movie. Up until this point Liam Neeson was really playing the big bad, and really skilled, killing machine. The way he, with the help of his friends, entered the bad guy’s stronghold was perhaps not very innovative (seen that, been there, and done that) but at least it was professional. After that however it turned into a bloody joke. Not only does our hero walk into a heavily defended stronghold carrying only a small pea shooter but every time he manages to liberate a decent weapon from the hopelessly incompetent bad guys he throws it away and, occasionally, picks up another pea shooter. What the f…?

Then we have the fairly ridiculous big fight at the end where the bad guy runs around in his underwear. That was just embarrassing. Maybe I could have swallowed the underwear thing if it was not for the fact that Lieam Neeson suddenly lost all kind of professionalism. Apart from the pea shooter syndrome mentioned before he just gets himself wacked by this maniac until, in the last minute, he miraculously recovers and gets the upper hand. There were a few minor glimpses of intelligence in the whole scene but they were never really exploited.

On the whole, if would say this was a fairly decent and enjoyable action movie but I was expecting more from it. If the last third of the movie would have matched the first two thirds then my rating would have been higher. Maybe Liam Neeson is not a big enough star, although I like him a lot, to pick his roles like he wants to but I would say that he should indeed be a bit more picky and read the scripts before signing on.
Gimly: I can handle the 47 cuts and shakey cam poorly trying to hide the fact that Liam Neeson can’t run. I can handle the inevitability of “More money means more explosions!” in franchises like these. I can even contort myself to handle the right-out-the-gate fridging of one of my favourite actresses that _Taken 3_ copped so much flak for. But what I cannot handle is how absolutely fucking dumb this movie gets in the second half. Every five minutes my roommate or I had to scream “WHAT!?” at the things that were happening on screen, and disparage the various idiotic and/or nonsense decisions that were being made.
_Final rating:★½: – Boring/disappointing. Avoid where possible._

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