Taken 3

Cineworld Bolton: 25th January 2015

Taken 3 (or Tak3n)

So, Brain Mills is back and has tak3n some life coaching skills off John McClaine, no matter how hard the bad guys try, they will not tak3 you down.

Framed for the murder of his wife, Liam N33sson goes on the hunt to find those responsible whilst being chased by a team of better than average cops led by Forrest Whittaker who has two ticks (always playing with a chess piece and twanging an elastic band), not the usual one for a high intelligence detective, so he must be good.

Through the next couple of days, Forrest Whittaker learns that the case is not as open and shut as expected and starts to side with Brian.  Richard Kimble, sorry, Brian Mills has to try to solve the murder, find the suspects, protect his daughter from being tak3n and evade the cops, which sometimes results in a few civilian casualties.

If you want a run of the Mill(s) action adventure then this is a fun ride, nothing out of the ordinary and nothing new, but still it is a Tak3n film and they seem to work.  I can definitely see T4ken in production as Tak3n took over $50 million in it's opening weekend, so they are on to a winner, but  how far can they tak3 it till it becomes as daft as the Die Hard franchise, although they have dropped the age certificate from a 15 to a 12a which is a step in the wrong direction

One question though? How in the name of Zeus' Butt Hole did Brian get out of the "Car fallen down a car park lift shaft that explodes seconds after falling many stories" situation? Pinned down by 100's of police, Brian reverses the car down a lift shaft, when it hits the bottom it explodes which pretty much tak3s out the whole section of car park.  Minutes later, he is then on the phone to Forrest, no indication of how he got there without a scar or essence of singe