Chanthupottu (2005) : A Controversy

                            Chanthupottu is a Malayalam movie directed by Lal Jose and released in 2005 . It tells the story of Radhakrishn...

Jan 12, 2015

Taken 3 Review

The beginning was highly engaging and the follow up was not that bad but unfortunately the ending is disappointing. I am talking about the Taken trilogy. The franchise is coming to a halt with the third part now in cinemas. With a story that doesn't connect in any sort with the prequels and a poor script, Taken 3 is way too far from convincing and falls on the wayside. If it was kidnapping that formed the centre stage earlier, the third part have no one taken but a murder mystery is resolved by the protagonist.

So Bryan Mills who is living a quiet life after those two rescue sagas of his daughter is reawakened through a murder mystery. His ex-wife is murdered and her body is found from his apartment. As the Police reach out on a conclusion that Bryan is the prime suspect, Bryan himself takes up a parallel investigation to find out who killed his ex-wife. All this he has to do on the run as the police are after him. Rest of the movie focus on how Bryan reach the culprits who did the crime.

It seems at sixty plus, it was too much for Liam Neeson for this role and quite rightly so they have decided to end the franchise. But the unfortunate part is that the ending has been executed poorly and deserved a better deal.

Direction is poor while the action sequences and all the visual effects were not done perfectly making it look irritating for the eyes. The makers realizing that the actor who cannot do all the running and similar stuffs tried to cover up things but in doing that, that natural feel of action and chases got lost. In spite of all this, the dialogues were on the positive side.

On the acting scene, it was not a bad effort from Liam Neeson as Brian Mills but somewhere deep down we feel for the actor who was in top form when it all started and had to end it quite tamely. Forest Whitaker as the investigative officer did his part quite well. Maggie Grace as Mill's daughter Kim did a neat job. Rest of the actors were just fine as the roles demanded and nothing impressive.

The technical side was severely affected by some sloppy edits and visual effects. Action sequences were hampered by poor VFX but cinematography and background score were okay in spite of the above said negative factors.

Overall, the film doesn't run smooth and offer a bumpy ride for the viewers. A better ending was expected and the series demanded such a climax to two reasonably successful films among the trilogy. I go with two out of five for the film as my personal rating and a thumbs down to Taken 3

Rating - 2 / 5

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