Taken 3
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: January 9, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
26
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 30 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
11
Negative:
18
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Time Out LondonTom HuddlestonJan 5, 2015
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. Read full review
50
Village VoiceAmy NicholsonJan 13, 2015
Taken 3 isn't brilliant, but it's a hell of a lot of dumb, head-smacking fun. Read full review
50
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanJan 9, 2015
The film dutifully cleaves to the contours of a well-established and viscerally satisfying formula. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleJan 9, 2015
This is a pretty good action movie with the added kick of Liam Neeson in the lead role. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliJan 9, 2015
Taken 3 is exactly what one might anticipate from an unnecessary sequel in a mediocre franchise. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyJan 9, 2015
So what, exactly, is wrong with Taken 3? A lot of things, most of which can be attributed to the fact that director Olivier Megaton—who also helmed Taken 2—couldn’t mount an action scene if his life depended on it. Read full review
42
HitfixDrew McWeenyJan 9, 2015
Taken 3 is formula filmmaking at its most formulaic, a film that exists only because it makes sense financially. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleWilliam GossJan 31, 2015
There isn’t even a moment amid the running and gunning as insipidly inspired as the last film’s idea of using grenade-tossing triangulation to save the day. Read full review
40
Total FilmNeil SmithJan 8, 2015
Liam Neeson cuts a rather sorry figure in what’s less a final flourish for the series than a prolonged death rattle. Read full review
40
EmpireAli PlumbJan 7, 2015
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. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterClarence TsuiDec 31, 2014
Replacing the first two films' simplistic, man-on-the-run premise with a stuttering plot comparatively light on action and stuffed with red herrings and inconsequential characters... Besson's team has signed off the trilogy with a whimper rather than the kind of unfettered bang delivered by the first two films. Read full review
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