Accused of a ruthless murder he never committed or witnessed, Bryan Mills goes on the run and brings out his particular set of skills to find the true killer and clear his name.Accused of a ruthless murder he never committed or witnessed, Bryan Mills goes on the run and brings out his particular set of skills to find the true killer and clear his name.Accused of a ruthless murder he never committed or witnessed, Bryan Mills goes on the run and brings out his particular set of skills to find the true killer and clear his name.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 3 nominations
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaReportedly, Liam Neeson stipulated to the movie's producers that he would only do this third installment if "nobody gets taken."
- GoofsWhen Mills is hijacking the police car, the car is hit twice. First from in the front and then in the back, but later the car is seen driving with no damage at all.
- Quotes
[from trailer]
Franck Dotzler: If you go down this road, the LAPD, the FBI, the CIA... they're all gonna come for you. They'll find you. And they'll stop you.
Bryan Mills: Good luck.
- Alternate versionsThe UK theatrical version was cut to reduce violence in order to get the more marketable 12A certificate. This version was also released in the US with a PG-13 rating.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Honest Trailers: Taken (2015)
- SoundtracksToes
Written by David Bayley
Performed by Glass Animals
(c) Beggars Administered by Because Editions
(p) 2014 Wolf Tone Limited
With Courtesy of Universal Music Vision
Featured review
"It ends here" is good advice
In the beginning, former special forces expert Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) found that his daughter was taken in Paris while, in the sequel, he himself was taken in Istanbul. Clearly Neeson took a bit of persuading to play the role a third time, but it would appear that three factors persuaded him: first, he didn't want to do any travelling this time (so all the shooting -in both senses of the word - is in the overly-familiar Los Angeles where he goes "down the rabbit hole"); second, apparently he didn't think anyone should be taken this time (and the writers obeyed the injunction until near the end when they just couldn't resist any more); and third, he wanted the money.
This is a movie which divides the critics and the public: the former have been very condescending about it but the later enjoy Mills using his special skills again and again (and you can't really blame them). The bad guys here are (mostly) Russians who have terrible accents and awful clothes (especially underwear), but it is always a pleasure to see Forest Whitaker (an intelligent member of the LAPD who knows the significance of a warm bagel). The tag line in the advertisements for "Taken 3" is "It ends here" and I think that would be a sensible decision (although I wouldn't guarantee it).
This is a movie which divides the critics and the public: the former have been very condescending about it but the later enjoy Mills using his special skills again and again (and you can't really blame them). The bad guys here are (mostly) Russians who have terrible accents and awful clothes (especially underwear), but it is always a pleasure to see Forest Whitaker (an intelligent member of the LAPD who knows the significance of a warm bagel). The tag line in the advertisements for "Taken 3" is "It ends here" and I think that would be a sensible decision (although I wouldn't guarantee it).
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- rogerdarlington
- Jan 11, 2015
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Languages
- Also known as
- Tak3n
- Filming locations
- Atlanta, Georgia, USA(as Los Angeles)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $48,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $89,256,424
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $39,201,657
- Jan 11, 2015
- Gross worldwide
- $326,479,141
- Runtime1 hour 48 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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