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30 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60Time Out LondonTom HuddlestonTime Out LondonTom HuddlestonTaken 3 scores over its predecessor on almost every level: the stakes are higher, the LA locations are nicely photographed and, best of all, there’s an actual plot, with twists and everything.
- 50ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliTaken 3 is exactly what one might anticipate from an unnecessary sequel in a mediocre franchise.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterClarence TsuiThe Hollywood ReporterClarence TsuiReplacing the first two films' simplistic, man-on-the-run premise with a stuttering plot comparatively light on action and stuffed with red herrings and inconsequential characters... Besson's team has signed off the trilogy with a whimper rather than the kind of unfettered bang delivered by the first two films.
- 40EmpireEmpireMegaton’s choppy editing barely disguises his star’s hatred of running, while a brutal 12A neutering lessens what limited fun remains in seeing Oscar Schindler creakily throw a Russian bad ‘un into some supermarket shelves.
- 40Total FilmNeil SmithTotal FilmNeil SmithLiam Neeson cuts a rather sorry figure in what’s less a final flourish for the series than a prolonged death rattle.
- 38RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyRogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyIt's just a frantic, flash-cutting frenzy. Even the slower, more intimate family scenes feature so many swooping-up-from-below shots and so many sudden inserts that moments (emotional or physical) are never given a chance to land.
- 30VarietyMaggie LeeVarietyMaggie LeeA mind-numbing, crash-bang misfire that abandons chic European capitals for the character’s own backyard.
- 20The TelegraphRobbie CollinThe TelegraphRobbie CollinEach individual moment in the film barely seems to be on speaking terms with the rest.
- 20The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawIt’s difficult to know what subtitle to give this. Taken 3: Not Again, or Taken 3: Seriously? or Taken 3: This Is Getting a Bit Much Frankly.
- 20New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriNew York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriTaken 3 is bad enough that it may just end it.