Taken 3

"Taken and Taken 2 were simple stories set up as a means to show Liam Neeson as a sympathetic badass trying to save his daughter from human traffickers. The last we saw of Bryan Mills (Neeson), he was warned by the father of the kidnapper that two more sons will seek revenge. Taken 3 has absolutely nothing to do with that."

"A mind-numbing, crash-bang misfire that abandons chic European capitals for the character’s own backyard."

"Taken 3 scores over its predecessor on almost every level: the stakes are higher, the LA locations are nicely photographed and, best of all, there’s an actual plot, with twists and everything."

"Each individual moment in the film barely seems to be on speaking terms with the rest."

"Taken 3: Seriously?"

"Besson's team has signed off the trilogy with a whimper rather than the kind of unfettered bang delivered by the first two films."

"Megaton’s choppy editing barely disguises his star’s hatred of running, while a brutal 12A neutering lessens what limited fun remains in seeing Oscar Schindler creakily throw a Russian bad ‘un into some supermarket shelves."