Brian Mills Taken 3

Earlier this year, the third installment of the Taken series made its way into theaters. In the movie, Brian Mills, once again portrayed by Liam Neeson, finds himself in yet another terrible predicament when it comes to his family. Particularly his ex-wife, Lenore, this time. After the sudden death of his ex-wife, Brian Mills is framed for her death. With the police on his tail, Brian is forced to go on the run while also look for her killer. Since the release of the first Taken film, Liam Neeson has been recognized as an action star and he has done a great job at it. However, with the main plot of the film series completely forgotten, lack of creativity, dull action sequences, and seemingly purposeless character, Taken 3 is not that exciting

I did have some hope when seeing Whitaker, however some of his scenes did not really do the movie any good or help it either. In some of his scenes, his character, Inspector Franck Dotzier, is seen contemplating the case while eating bagels, playing with a rubber band on his wrist, or fiddling with chess piece. All three of which appear as awkward, but really only one proves to be useful. While his character is recognized as intelligent by Mills, it is not all that apparent throughout the film except twice. Once in the beginning, when Brian flees from the police, he manages to escape undetected from a seemingly locked down garage with no one being the wiser. Dotzier figures out there is a passage beneath the truck that Brian used. The second time also proves his intelligence and explains his useful obsession with bagels from a couple of his scenes. He states that he knew Brian was innocent because the bagels in his apartment were still warm the day Lenore was killed. Brian could not have bought the bagels and then kill her. Aside from needing someone to lead the investigation, Dotzier’s role seems more purposeless than not. The role honestly did not match an actor of Forest Whitaker’s