The film has so far taken $163m at the global box office. Taken 3, co-written once again by French series creator and film impresario Luc Besson, opened at No 1 in both the US and UK earlier this month despite largely negative reviews. “A character like Bryan Mills going out with guns and taking revenge: it’s fantasy.” “I grew up watching cowboy movies, loved doing that with my fingers, ‘Bang, bang, you’re dead!’ I didn’t end up a killer. Every week now we’re picking up a newspaper and seeing, ‘Yet another few kids have been killed in schools.’”īut Neeson, who has starred as ex-CIA operative Bryan Mills in all three Taken films, said the gun problem was unconnected to violent action movies. I think the population is like, 320 million? There’s over 300m guns. He then added: “There’s too many guns out there. I’ve got a lot of dear friends in Paris.” Neeson had told Gulf News: “First off, my thoughts and prayers and my heart are with the deceased, and certainly with all of France, yesterday. Further, we encourage our partners and friends in the firearms industry to do the same.” “We will no longer provide firearms for use in films starring Liam Neeson and ask that our friends and partners in Hollywood refrain from associating our brand and products with his projects. “While the film itself is entertaining, comments made by its Irish-born star during press junkets reflect a cultural and factual ignorance that undermines support of the Second Amendment and American liberties. There is a moral worldview of fighting for your family. Most of the movie is action with little story and almost no substance. When the father of one of the kidnappers swears revenge, it is Bryan and his wife who find themselves taken hostage.

“PARA USA regrets its decision to provide firearms for use in the film Taken 3,” said the company in a statement in its Facebook page seen by the Washington Times. Even though TAKEN 2 is an unnecessary sequel, it does hold excitement and intensity. Liam Neeson returns as Bryan Mills, the ex-CIA operative who stopped at nothing to rescue his daughter from sadistic kidnappers. Now PARA USA says it is severing all ties with the Ballymena-born star and urged all other manufacturers to do the same. Neeson launched a tirade against the proliferation of firearms in the US an interview last week, while denying that Hollywood contributes to the problem. 2 Guns is a 2013 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Baltasar Kormkur and starring Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg. A US gun manufacturer which provided weapons for the Liam Neeson action sequel Taken 3 has criticised the Irish actor for pro-gun control comments he made in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attacks.

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