Neeson is currently on the interview and publicity trail for his new movie, Martin Scorsese's Silence, and he appeared on Stephen Colbert's show in the Us as part of that. When quizzed as to whether there would be a Taken 4, Neeson this time was adamant. “No, there's not”, he said. “There...
Bryan then abducts and interrogates Stuart, who confesses his failure to repay a debt to a former business partner and ex-Spetsnaz operative named Oleg Malankov (Sam Spruell), was the reason Lenore was killed and he exposed Bryan's identity to Malankov out of jealousy.
Sam returns in Taken 3 to help Bryan clear his name after he is wrongly framed for the murder of his ex-wife, Lenore. Sam is shot and wounded by the true antagonist, Stuart. He is not seen again in the film, but it is revealed by Detective Smith that Sam survived getting shot.
A pregnancy test Kim's taken (offscreen) reveals she is pregnant with her boyfriend's baby. An odd conversation between Bryan, Kim and her boyfriend finds Bryan saying he'll support the couple with whatever choice they make.
In his adulthood, he also married Lenore, and sired Kimberly Mills with her. Due to the strain on his marriage due to him being away so often, Lenore eventually divorced Bryan, who would later marry a man named Stuart St. John.
A few days before Kim Mills's birthday, Bryan Mills unexpectedly arrives shortly after Kim verifies that she is pregnant. After a brief conversation, Bryan leaves for his apartment, where he is met by his ex-wife, Lenore "Lenny" Mills.
For one last time, Mills must use his "particular set of skills," to track down the real killers, exact his unique brand of justice, and protect the only thing that matters to him now - his daughter. Meanwhile , his daughter Kim (Maggie Grace) is pregnant and really affected for the killing .
The plot is actually a refreshing entry into the Taken franchise. My problem is with director Olivier Megaton. The cinematography was in some cases poorly focused and at others nauseating. We all know the trick to fight scenes and car chases are quick pans, zooms, shaky cameras, and rapid cuts.
Stuart confesses that his former business partner and ex-Russian Spetsnaz operator, Oleg Malankov, murdered Lenore because Stuart owes him money; Stuart exposed Bryan's identity to Malankov out of jealousy.
Due to its PG-13 rating, there is absolutely no blood or any clear fighting. I'm not one who demands for gratuitous blood and gore in films, but the complete lack of it impairs the action scenes even more.
Liam Neeson has stated that there will not be a Taken 4 movie, and no news has surfaced to indicate otherwise. The possibility for a Taken 4 story is wide open, as the series is flexible and can go in different directions.
The film was created as entertainment in the action-adventure genre and no one involved claimed to be telling a “true” or “ripped from the headlines” story. Unfortunately, it had the unintended effect of completely miseducating the public about what human trafficking is, how it happens, and who it happens to.
Synopsis. Bryan (Liam Neeson) is retired CIA. he loves his 17 yr old girl Kim (Maggie Grace), who now lives with ex-wife Lennore (Famke Janssen) & her new husband Stuart (Xander Berkeley).
Stuart appeared in the first film, but he seemed completely different than his character in Taken 3. First off, he was portrayed by Xander Berkeley in the first Taken, which shouldn't necessarily have any effect on the story. But he was an ally in the first film and a villain in the third.
Ultimately, Amanda's carelessness and promiscuity resulted in her and Kim to be targeted by traffickers of the Albanian Mafia during a trip to Paris, causing them to be abducted and Amanda herself being killed.
Taken 2 adheres strictly to the formula that made the original Taken a hit, says John Anderson at The Wall Street Journal. But it's just too formulaic; whereas Taken was surprising, exciting, and "vicariously satisfying in its violence," Taken 2 is familiar, dull, and gratuitous.
She is then brought before Bryan and gets slash on her neck by Suko, torturing her and Bryan and hanging her upside down while hooded on a hogtie to bleed to death. They torture them some more by bringing up what they're gonna do with Kim.
Oleg Malankov is the secondary antagonist in the 2014 film, Taken 3. He is a powerful Russian crime lord and a former Spetsnaz veteran of Afghan war who was secretly hired by American billionaire Stuart St. John to kill his ex-wife, Lenore after failing to get back the relationship. He was portrayed by Sam Spruell.
Neeson's most lethal role so far was in Taken 1, in which he kills 31 bad guys. In Taken 2, that body count drops to 20 – a figure equalled in The Phantom Menace, although the victims there are battle droids, not Albanian mobsters. Those three are the actor's only double-digit kill films.
