Taken 3: Movie Analysis

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Watching a movie is one of the most popular past times that people enjoy doing. There are many types of movies available for people to enjoy, such as thrillers or romantic comedies. When looking for something exciting to do when you have some free time, the idea of watching an action movie seems like a perfect fit. Action movies are the type of movies that usually include some fight scenes, exciting car chases, and exploding buildings and gun shootings. On the other hand, a thriller movie delivers a more suspenseful plot, a high level of tension in one or more life-threatening situations, and excitement throughout the movie that can make the viewers sometimes jump out of their seats. The movie Taken 1 and its second sequel, Taken 3, are …show more content…

He spends the majority of his time trying to get the information from different sources to find out who killed his ex-wife. The audience does get a brief chance to watch Bryan Mills fight with the emotions of losing his loved one while trying to bring in the true killer who took her life to justice. The motivation for the main character in the movie Taken 1 is much stronger than in the movie Taken 3. In the first film, Taken 1, Bryan Mills desperately trying to rescue his daughter in a short amount of time, that creates one of the main ingredients of a great action thriller movie. While in Taken 3, is ex-wife was already murdered by someone, even though it gives out some suspense but it is not nearly the nail biting excitement Taken 1 offers to the viewers. Therefore, Taken 1 is a better action thriller movie than Taken 3 because of the stronger motivation the main character has. The first movie, Taken1 displays more fighting scenes. There are many groups of people involved in the dirty business of human trafficking and none of them give out any information easily. Bryan Mills has to fight his way for pointers to help him find his

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