Look, we're not saying that - had Taken 2 actually been any good - another installment wouldn't have been welcomed. But Taken 2 wasn't very good, was it? Why? Because the studio forgot what made Taken so good in the first place: the unrelenting violence and bloodshed. So although some people probably have high hopes for the third movie in this franchise that should never have been a franchise, we don't: Taken 3 will most likely suck. The plot this time around has CIA nutcase Bryan Mills on his home turf, framed for the murder of his ex-wife. This scenario, of course, leads Mills on a path of breaking faces and shooting bullets into things (humans, mostly). It's not that we're bored of "Action Neeson" yet, but the Taken story feels like its been pushed as far as it can go now. At least the poster has been courteous enough to include the tagline "It Ends Here." Let's honestly hope so.
Sam Hill is an ardent cinephile and has been writing about film professionally since 2008. He harbours a particular fondness for western and sci-fi movies.
