Taken 3 ... A Very Silly Film

Taken 1 was high adrenaline tosh but diverting, Taken 2 was a chaotic rehash but mildly diverting. Proof of the Law of Diminishing returns, Taken 3 is, when push comes to shove, merely pretty rubbish. It is fast-paced and has lots of crashes and bangs plus the compulsory multiple body count. Mind you the pedant in me does have to point out that nobody actually gets 'taken' in this episode. Liam Neeson is reliably good in the lead though hardly plausible. Forrest Whittaker adds gravitas as the wise detective but neither can rescue the movie. It's pretty much pants, a sort of Fugitive meets 24 but less involving than the former and lacking even the trace of morality of the latter. 2/10 - and I'm being generous.