Taken 3 Parents Guide (2024)

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Is Taken 3 ok for kids? ›

And this final "Taken 3" movie in the trilogy, at least this is what is expected at the time of production and release . This trilogy was shot as an R-rated film, but edited down to a PG-13 for its theatrical reléase .

Ex-covert operative Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) and his ex-wife, Lenore (Famke Janssen), are enjoying a reconciliation when Lenore is brutally murdered. Bryan is framed for the crime and flees, with the CIA, FBI and police all in hot pursuit. For the last time, he channels his rage and particular set of skills into hunting down Lenore's real killers, taking his revenge and protecting the one important thing left in his life: his daughter, Kim (Maggie Grace).

Taken 3 / Film synopsis

This movie was so boring, and when you expected to see some action scenes, you were getting yourself in the paranoid mind of a director who wanted to experiment on the poor audience. My eyes still hurt from the crappy editing of this movie. Guys please stop here, enough, no more Taken sequels.

Release. A trailer of Taken 3 the film saw its release on January 1, 2015, in Hong Kong and South Korea; on January 8, the film was released in the UK, in Spain on January 16, in France on January 21 and on February 12 in Italy. 20th Century Fox released the film on 9 January 2015 in the United States.

Don't get me wrong - it's a brilliant, tense and high energy film but it's absolutely not for kids or younger teens because of its dark and intense theme of sex trafficking.

Taken 3. 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.

Former covert operative, Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson), visits his daughter Kim (Maggie Grace), who just discovered she's pregnant, at her L.A. apartment to deliver an early birthday gift.

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...

Noted character actor Xander Berkeley portrayed Stuart in the first film and would have returned to reprise the role, but he had scheduling conflicts and was unable to, as he had obligations for television projects at the time Taken 3 had to be filmed, so the role was recast and Scottish actor Dougray Scott was brought ...

Three weeks later, the Mills family are at a diner back home in southern California to celebrate Kim passing her driving test. They are joined, much to Bryan's surprise, by Kim's boyfriend Jamie who is later killed by the KGB.

How old is Kim in Taken 2? ›

91 min. Taken 2's audience goes on a very special journey in which 17-year-old Kim, played by 29-year-old actress Maggie Grace, finally gets her driver's license.

Some of the shoot outs, the torture scene and some fisticuffs have been shortened in length for the film's US release to secure a PG-13 rating.

Taken 3 review

First cussing really isn't a problem if your kid knows not to. Violence may be a problem. Men are brutally beaten multiple times. One man takes a gun, sticks it in his mouth and fires.

Stuart confesses that his former business partner and ex-Spetsnaz operative, Oleg Malankov, murdered Lenore because Stuart owes him money. He exposed Bryan's identity to Malankov out of jealousy.

Ex-covert operative Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) and his ex-wife, Lenore (Famke Janssen), are enjoying a reconciliation when Lenore is brutally murdered. Bryan is framed for the crime and flees, with the CIA, FBI and police all in hot pursuit. For the last time, he channels his rage and particular set of skills into hunting down Lenore's real killers, taking his revenge and protecting the one important thing left in his life: his daughter, Kim (Maggie Grace).

Taken 3 / Film synopsis

Excessive screen time may inhibit a child's ability to observe and experience the typical everyday activities they need to engage with in order to learn about the world, leading to a kind of “tunnel vision,” which can be detrimental to overall development.

According to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), children under the age of 18 months should avoid the use of screen media. For kids aged 18 to 24 months, limited screen time with high-quality programming is acceptable. This, of course, does not include video chatting with loved ones who live far away.

Taken 2 is rated PG-13 by the MPAA for intense sequences of violence and action, and some sensuality. Violence: Characters are kidnapped, kicked, punched, beaten, threatened with guns, shot, hit with metal rods, slammed against the wall and stabbed with a pair of scissors.

Noted character actor Xander Berkeley portrayed Stuart in the first film and would have returned to reprise the role, but he had scheduling conflicts and was unable to, as he had obligations for television projects at the time Taken 3 had to be filmed, so the role was recast and Scottish actor Dougray Scott was brought ...