Luc Besson

One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Taken 3 (2015)

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This review could get me into trouble – a lot of trouble:  my wife LOVED “Taken”, LOVED the slightly dodgier “Taken 2″ and even LOVED “Taken 2.5:  he flies!” (a.k.a. last year’s “Non-Stop” vehicle for Neeson).  It was a given (if not a taken – LOL) that she was going to LOVE “Taken 3”.   … Read more

One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Lucy (2014)

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Luc Besson has always tended towards strikingly different movies – “Leon the Professional” and “The Fifth Element” being cases in point… strange blue alien woman doing soprano opera anyone?   “Lucy”, both written and directed by Besson, is probably a ‘Marmite’ (love it or hate it) sort of film, as whilst it delivers a solid sci-fi … Read more