After 3 taken films the taken franchise is getting a bit tired like the Die Hard series how much can one guy be persecuted by a group before enough is enough and they move on to an easier target ?
This series is a back story to the films and shows how Bryan Mills gets recruited into an agency that tracks down individuals wanted by a government agency for terrorist related reasons.
While its a good action series and theres always plenty of action to move the plot along the first episode is more of a homage to the films and cashing in on the brand as much as it is part of the Taken franchise. While there are parts where you hear the lines delivered like Leason on the films the character Bryan Mills doesn't deliver the same menace as he does in the films and for me that was the point "I will hunt you, I will find you and I will kill you" that was the whole turning point of the film and the thing that made us sit up and watch the mayhem that enfolded before us. In the first episode of this Series Bryan's sister is murdered and it seems like its an everyday even for him as he moves forward theres none of the menace from the film.
To say I was disappointed is an understatement, with all the hype I expected more and something closer to the films not the week offering I watched this afternoon !
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