Taken 3 (2014)
- Eagle-eyed viewers have noticed a hidden easter egg referencing Olivier Megaton's previous film in the background of the opening scene.
- The original script for Taken 3 was written over a decade before production finally began in 2014.
- During the filming of Taken 3, Liam Neeson improvised one of the most famous lines in the movie.
Taken 3 is a 2014 French-American action thriller directed by Olivier Megaton, the concluding chapter of the Taken franchise. Liam Neeson returns as Bryan Mills, who is framed for the murder of his ex-wife Lenore and must evade a dogged LAPD investigator played by Forest Whitaker while tracking down the actual killers and protecting his daughter Kim. The film departed from the kidnapping formula by placing Mills in a Fugitive-style pursuit scenario on American soil rather than an overseas rescue mission.
Forest Whitaker brought intelligence and quiet intensity to Inspector Franck Dotzler, whose grudging admiration for Mills's capabilities added depth to the cat-and-mouse dynamic. The film earned $326 million worldwide on a $48 million budget, though its editing style โ with some action sequences containing over 15 cuts per second of screen time โ was widely criticized as the worst example of rapid-cut action filmmaking, making the choreography nearly impossible to follow.
