So now i have completed the trilogy, i feel that i can properly rate them and compare them all.
I am tempted to say that Taken 1 is the best, just because it set the stage. Some of Liam Neeson's other films had been building up to this film but Taken finally showcased what would happen if you let Liam Neeson have a gun and go nuts. There was a plot to Taken and some great acting as well. I have to say that after I watched this film I feared for any young woman that decided to travel to Europe alone or without an adult present.
Taken 2 was the follow on that had to happen. It was only slightly worse than the first film. As a sequel it was not on a par with Avengers: Age of Ultron; which has to be the best number two film in a trilogy made to date but even so, it was a pretty solid case for the argument that not all sequels are rubbish. Certainly when watching it you felt like they really couldn't keep on with these films being the way that they were because there would be no one left to take and no one left to kill. You got a feel of 'same old' but they tried there best to make something exciting out of essentially something that was destined to be very predictable.
Taken 3 was different because no one got taken. I got the feeling that they were trying to bring the story to a nice conclusion but then at the end they finished with his catch line 'I will find you and kill you' and that just left it open for a fourth film but i really hope that they don't make a fourth film. I liked this film a lot because of the twist in the plot. There was less action than the first film but more of plot development than in the second one and overall i think it was a very strong finish to the trilogy. I for one would now be terrified of taking anything from Liam Neeson or even ending up anywhere near the wrong side of him.
What i liked most about this film was the acting from his daughter and the police inspector. There was more character development, a strong sense of a female role and a claim that not all police inspectors are stupid (which generally is the feel that you get from most films). Neeson was compassionate in his role but then we had known that he could be, afteral, he only killed hundreds of people in Istanbul and Paris to keep his family safe. With this film, because of the reduced action, you got a feel that the actors were allowed to open up their characters a little and I really liked that feel to it.
I really liked this as an end to the trilogy and off the top of my head it is probably the best third film in a series that i have seen.
I am tempted to say that Taken 1 is the best, just because it set the stage. Some of Liam Neeson's other films had been building up to this film but Taken finally showcased what would happen if you let Liam Neeson have a gun and go nuts. There was a plot to Taken and some great acting as well. I have to say that after I watched this film I feared for any young woman that decided to travel to Europe alone or without an adult present.
Taken 2 was the follow on that had to happen. It was only slightly worse than the first film. As a sequel it was not on a par with Avengers: Age of Ultron; which has to be the best number two film in a trilogy made to date but even so, it was a pretty solid case for the argument that not all sequels are rubbish. Certainly when watching it you felt like they really couldn't keep on with these films being the way that they were because there would be no one left to take and no one left to kill. You got a feel of 'same old' but they tried there best to make something exciting out of essentially something that was destined to be very predictable.
Taken 3 was different because no one got taken. I got the feeling that they were trying to bring the story to a nice conclusion but then at the end they finished with his catch line 'I will find you and kill you' and that just left it open for a fourth film but i really hope that they don't make a fourth film. I liked this film a lot because of the twist in the plot. There was less action than the first film but more of plot development than in the second one and overall i think it was a very strong finish to the trilogy. I for one would now be terrified of taking anything from Liam Neeson or even ending up anywhere near the wrong side of him.
What i liked most about this film was the acting from his daughter and the police inspector. There was more character development, a strong sense of a female role and a claim that not all police inspectors are stupid (which generally is the feel that you get from most films). Neeson was compassionate in his role but then we had known that he could be, afteral, he only killed hundreds of people in Istanbul and Paris to keep his family safe. With this film, because of the reduced action, you got a feel that the actors were allowed to open up their characters a little and I really liked that feel to it.
I really liked this as an end to the trilogy and off the top of my head it is probably the best third film in a series that i have seen.
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