I did a marathon with the first Taken.
I called it The Things That Fathers Do For Their Kids.
You can check it out here on my blog.
http://mbmb14.blogspot.com/2015/08/the-things-that-fathers-do-for-their.html
The first Taken was very good and balanced the action and family drama nicely Taken 2 lost alot of the edge and excitement of the first film. It should've remained one film but it's for damn sure better than Taken 3.