Not only does he tamper with the evidence but he then takes a bite out of the bagel. We never learn why nor does it matter, but in an early scene, he finds a bag of bagels Bryan was bringing to Lenore at the crime scene. Shortly after that, Lenore is dead and Bryan is suspected so he goes on the lam from the police.įorest Whitaker plays the eccentric police detective in charge of the investigation on Mills, and he has a lot of quirky habits and rituals, from carrying around a chess piece to playing with rubber bands. His ex-wife Lenore is having marital problems with her new husband Stuart (Dougray Scott), who blames Bryan’s involvement in their life as the fault of said problems. Those going into this third movie just for the action may have to be patient as the set up to Lenore’s death is a lot of family moments as we’re reintroduced to Mills and his overprotective relationship with his daughter. There’s a lot more to it because while on the run, Bryan also has to find those responsible for killing Lenore while also protecting his daughter Kim, but that’s about it. The idea behind this movie is that someone has killed Bryan’s ex-wife Lenore and he’s been framed for the murder, and you’re right if you realize that’s the exact same plot as “The Fugitive,” even having Mills run into a storm drain to escape the police.

(SPOILERS ahead for those who haven’t seen the trailer.)

You have every right to be skeptical of another action movie based on the special skills of Liam Neeson’s Bryan Mills, because there’s only so much that can be done with the concept of kidnapping the relative of a former government agent before things start getting silly.Ĭonsidering how much money Taken and its sequel made, one should have expected that Fox would want to make the obligatory third movie to “complete the trilogy,” so Luc Besson and his writing partner Mark Kamen have hacked out another ridiculous plot to try to keep things going while promising a conclusion.

Everything seems to be looking up for ex-special forces agent Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) as he seems to be reconnecting with his wife Lenore (Famke Janssen) and things are also going well with his daughter Kim (Maggie Grace), but then trouble rears its ugly head and Mills is framed for a murder that puts him against a new adversary… the police!

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