Taken 3

Taken 3
Theatrical release poster
Directed byOlivier Megaton
Screenplay byLuc Besson
Robert Mark Kamen
Based onCharacters
by Luc Besson
Robert Mark Kamen
Produced byLuc Besson
Starring
CinematographyEric Kress
Edited by
  • Audrey Simonaud
  • Nicolas Trembasiewicz
Music byNathaniel Méchaly
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 16 December 2014 (2014-12-16) (Germany)
  • 9 January 2015 (2015-01-09) (United States)
  • 21 January 2015 (2015-01-21) (France)
Running time
109 minutes[1]
CountryFrance
LanguagesEnglish
Russian
Budget$48 million[2]
Box office$326.4 million[2]

Taken 3 (sometimes stylized as TAK3N[3][4]) is a 2014 English-language action-thriller film directed by Olivier Megaton and written by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen. It is the third and final installment in the Taken film series. A co-production between France, Spain and the United States, the film stars Liam Neeson, Forest Whitaker, Maggie Grace and Famke Janssen.

The film was released in Germany in late 2014, and then in the United States on 9 January 2015 by 20th Century Fox and in France on 21 January 2015 by EuropaCorp Distribution. It grossed $326 million worldwide and received generally unfavorable reviews from critics.

  1. ^ "Taken 3 (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. 18 December 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Taken 3". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Taken 3 or Tak3n? Switching letters for numbers". Oxford Dictionary. Archived from the original on 12 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  4. ^ "Liam Neeson has 'Tak3n' things 2 far". The Verge. 23 September 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2015.