What were getting here is major-league grief and a double-sided manhunt with Neeson on the warpath hungry for retribution.
I look forward to seeing that, but I also feel bad for Mills.
Secretly, the ex-government operative and one-man vengeance-machine was hoping something like this would happen.
When the cameras not rolling and when nobodys watching, Bryan Mills wishes upon a star for action.
He wishes for danger.
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We know that he was wishing thatTaken 3would happen.
Its also a prime cinematic exploration of the Be careful what you wish for moral.
Its a challenge for Mills to not want to kill said boyfriend.
Whats the point of learning a language if youre never going to speak it?
Why bother buying a bread machine if youre never going to actually use it to bake any brioche?
(Perfect for Kim if shes craving French cuisine after her Paris adventure.)
What theDirty HarryandDeath Wishseries were for ages past theTakenseries is for the contemporary era.
for a couple of hours in a dark room.
We crave more of their vengeful action and our wishes are granted with the greenlighting of successive sequels.
Thats a problem if youre on board mainly to see Liam Neeson brutalising goons.
Theres a danger of a downward trajectory, and I hope thatTaken 3doesnt carry on in that direction.
Its the kind of indie success that movie producers (and actors and assorted crew members) dream of.
Theres inevitably more pressure and fears of second album syndrome loom large.
At this point I start to wish that the industry had more courage and artistic ambition.
I can dream, but not all wishes come true and thats one of the messages underpinning theTakentrilogy.
I just wish theyd stop with all this 12A certificate nonsense.
And Luc Besson is directing and hes feeling crazy.
Mills deserves it and we deserve it.
Start wishing on stars, praying to the gods and rubbing that monkeys paw right now.
You canread Jamess previous column here.
