13 Outrageously Awful 2015 Performances That Deserve Razzies

12. Liam Neeson - Taken 3

The Role: Liam Neeson reprises the role of retired CIA operative Bryan Mills that, in 2008, completely reinvented him as an action star. After rescuing his daughter (Maggie Grace) in the first one and getting kidnapped along with his wife (Famke Janssen) in the second one, Taken 3 sees him on the run from the cops as he desperately tries to prove that he didn't murder his wife. Why It's So Awful: It's pretty damn hard to hate Liam Neeson, even when he's doing a blatant cash-grab role like this, but he really isn't trying at all in this film: he looks bored and tired throughout, and for some reason, writer Luc Besson and director Olivier Megaton thought it'd be a good idea to have Neeson spending much of the film running. Cue several embarrassing scenes in which the 62-year-old actor is huffing and puffing as he gently jogs down the street as we're supposed to believe he could plausibly chase anyone down or escape any half-sober beat cop. Then that infamous bagels line kinda seals the deal. Everyone loves you, Liam, but for thinking so little of your audience, you definitely deserve a Razzie.
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