"They called me up, and I said 'I’ll do it … but only as long as nobody gets Taken.'" he told UK host Jonathan Ross in 2014. But according to Neeson, no one is taken in Taken 3.
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What is left to take from Liam Neeson? Does he have a dog?Ī Taken movie revolving around a dog would no doubt be dark. Yet here we are, with another Taken ready to hit theaters. She can’t get taken again," Neeson told 98fm, a Dublin radio station in 2013. What's sort of funny is that Neeson himself saw the meta-silliness of Taken sequel after Taken sequel. That's not exactly his fault either (though it kind of is, since they want revenge on him for the first film try not to think about it). Sure, he's not a stellar dad and may not always be there for his daughter, but her being abducted and sold into white slavery isn't directly his fault.Īnd the second movie is about Albanian gangster retribution. In the first movie, he's attempting to better his relationship with his daughter, who lives with his ex-wife and her new husband. However, you're probably talking about Bryan Mills, the character Neeson plays. But yeah, we're doing all right, you know? If Tasha was here, someone could share this.'. They're flexing muscles and sometimes dangerous avenues, and you think, 'F***. (His wife, Natasha Richardson died in 2009.) In an interview last March with GQ, he opened up about raising his teenage sons and being a single dad. Liam Neeson sounds like a pretty good dad. Why are Liam Neeson's family members taken over and over? Is Liam Neeson a bad parent? And there are plenty of times when that's exactly what you want to see. There's no pretentiousness here, and Taken isn't trying to be anything other than a silly, over-the-top action movie. Some like his voice, and some point to the thought that filmmakers, producers, and Neeson himself are in on the joke. And it's a testament to freedom that they've done so well.Īccording to a survey of Vox staffers who enjoy the franchise, the enjoyment is in the action scenes and watching Liam Neeson absolutely crush everyone in his path. "A sloppy, lazy, unintentionally laughable sequel," Richard Roeper said about the second.Īnd Taken 3, is currently hovering around a 12 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.īut even though the movies have never achieved critical acclaim, they've found a niche. But the surprise wears off quickly," Rolling Stone's Peter Travers wrote about the first film. "It's fun for about 15 minutes seeing Neeson do James Bond as Daddy Dangerous. This is not unlike the perception that follows around actors like Michael Cera and Sarah Jessica Parker, who are often seen as the characters they play in movies and television. Since the release of the first Taken, it's hard to think of a movie where Neeson doesn't play Mills or someone that resembles Mills. His portrayal of Mills bleeds into his real life, at least a little bit. Formerly thought of primarily as an actor who mostly starred in art films, he's now seen as a graying badass. But the Taken franchise has definitely become iconic and re-defined the actor's career. Do people think Liam Neeson and Bryan Mills are the same person? In the second film, Lenore and Bryan are taken by relatives of the Albanians Bryan killed in the first movie. According to the franchise's mythos, virgin Americans fetch a high price on the black market, and it just so happens that Kim is one. In the first film, Kim (along with her friend Amanda) is taken because an Albanian human trafficking ring wants to sell her into slavery. Why are Liam Neeson's family members taken?īryan Mills's ex-wife Lenore (Janssen) and daughter Kim (Grace) are taken for different reasons.
The franchise revolves around Bryan Mills (Neeson) and his family members, who are ta. Taken 2, released in 2012, grossed around $139 million.
The first movie, which came out in France in 2008 (and was released in 2009 in the US), grossed over $145 million domestically. Taken is a very successful movie franchise starring Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen, and Maggie Grace. Here, then, is a brief guide to this cultural phenomenon. Unexpectedly, the franchise has become one of the sturdier, more successful ones out there.īut to a great number of the population, the lasting fidelity to this franchise is a mystery. To many, this story of a man with a particular set of skills is undeniable. The third installment of the Taken franchise, Taken 3, hits theaters this weekend.
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