Film review: TAKEN 3, from Built For Speed

Before it descended into torture porn and the mass slaughter of appallingly stereotyped swarthy Eastern Europeans, the first Taken film was a tense and exciting action/drama with convincingly visceral fight scenes, a darkly menacing Paris setting and a memorable lead performance from Liam Neeson who, as former CIA spook Brian Mills, beat up half of Europe to recover his kidnapped daughter

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What’s on ‘Built For Speed’ Friday 16th January 2015

This week on ‘Built For Speed’ we review two of the bigger new releases to hit cinemas, Taken 3 and the Russell Crowe-directed WW1 drama The Water Diviner.  There’s  also plenty of fine music from Australia and overseas including DM3, Urge Overkill and The Jesus and Mary Chain whose debut album ‘Psychocandy’ turns 30 this year.  Don’t forget our regular preview

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