“Taken 3” features an action-packed plot line and, considering this is the third film in the series, a pretty interesting story and mystery to solve. Liam Neeson has seemingly lost nothing in his physical arsenal as he elbows bad guys, punches them, races after them in his car, etc.
The story focuses on Bryan Mills (Neeson) as he tries to find the person or people behind the murder of his ex-wife. She had dropped by to let him know she still has feelings for him and that she and her current husband, Stuart (Dougray Scott), are not close. Soon she is found dead in his apartment and Mills is the prime suspect. He is off and running to prove his innocence and locate the actual murderer/murderers. The plot is reminiscent of “The Fugitive” in that regard. He finds a surveillance camera video tape recorded near a gas station that shows his wife and her abduction. Soon Officer Franck Dotzler (Forest Whitaker) is on Mills’ trail, but he suspects that Mills may indeed be innocent.
There are a lot of car chases, explosions, fights, and action, and the pace of the film is super-speed all the way, slowing down long enough to feature some nice scenes between Mills and his daughter Kim (Maggie Grace), who knows her father is innocent. The scene of Mills chasing after a plane on a runway in his car near the end of the movie is energetic and well executed. Still, strong language and violence prevents us from awarding the movie our Dove “Family-Approved” Seal.