Isaac Feldberg’s 10 Worst Movies Of 2015

7) Taken 3

I greatly enjoyed the first Taken, which kicked off Liam Neeson’s second career wind as an action star while delivering some terrific action sequences within a wonderfully tight script. But this incompetently made, atrociously written trilogy topper is an affront to everything that was good about the original.

As “directed” by Olivier Megaton (and I use the term “directed” loosely, because an overly energetic puppy with a camera taped on top of its head could have done a better job), Taken 3 is a mind-boggling failure, devoid of even midway-decent performances, borderline-comprehensible action scenes or mildly interesting story beats.

Neeson has done some very solid actioners over the past few years, but this is without question his lowest point as an actor, and none of the people who worked on its appearance or script should ever be allowed near a film set again.