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Issues I had with the movie

posted 9 years ago by TheFatDruidofNacyl
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The movie felt more like the fugitive than a Taken movie. They spent too much time on him getting away from the police and not enough tracking down the actual killers.

I could accept if the bad guys killed the wife as a warning for Stuart St. John to pay them their money. The fact that he was in on the murder in order to collect life insurance was just too ridiculous. The guy was an *beep* in the first two movies but he wasn't that evil. Just felt too out of character.

Why did they bring the daughter with them in the van? Couldn't she have stayed with the one guy back at the base of operations? Also, why not tie up Stuart St. John?

The whole making his daughter sick just so he can meet her in the bathroom was silly. As much as he loved his daughter why would he want to cause her discomfort? Would have been an easier way to give her a message.

I found it overall okay but could have been better.

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[–] Tyler-A-Arse 9 years ago

The whole making his daughter sick just so he can meet her in the bathroom was silly. As much as he loved his daughter why would he want to cause her discomfort? Would have been an easier way to give her a message.

Yeah, that was pretty corny.

[–] foxychickflick 9 years ago

I agree with you. Overall a pretty good movie. Liam Neeson stayed consistent with his character and so did the daughter and his friends. But in the 1st movie Stuart was a slightly older man and no he wasn't evil. They had problems in their marriage in the second one. But in the third movie Stuart is younger and (hiding an accent) I guess the film makers just really wanted to cast an actor that is good at playing a villain.

[–] mel2000 9 years ago

But in the third movie Stuart is younger and (hiding an accent)

A lot of the major characters in this movie are using fake accents.

[–] redban02 9 years ago

The whole making his daughter sick just so he can meet her in the bathroom was silly. As much as he loved his daughter why would he want to cause her discomfort? Would have been an easier way to give her a message.

This scene has been (rightfully) criticized by many. As you say, he didn't need to poison her. He could have merely told her, "Meet me in the bathroom."

Secondly (and perhaps more fundamentally), he didn't need to meet her at all; the entire exchange was simply, "I love you, dear." No matter how much Mills wanted to tell his daughter those words, it wasn't worth the risk, as he indeed almost got caught by the police shortly afterwards.