Of late, the only kind of movie reviews that I seem to be writing are ones that leave a lot to be desired. Not so much my writing (that, of course), but more so in terms of movie quality. This one, I am sad to say, most definitely tops my list in the “greatly disappointing” category.
Mr. Neeson is a force to reckon with — that is a fact well established thanks to the impressive canon of his work to date, but I daresay he’d do well to simply toss this one out of said canon.
Long review short: A big-name movie star does not a suspense thriller make. If anything, Mr. Neeson has been sadly typecast into the wily veteran role from his series of Taken movies. He is looking jaded from playing the same type of role five years running. The script lacks originality, the direction is choppy, and quite frankly, there is more a sense of claustrophobia than suspense in the running time.
Please do not race to movie theatres to check this one out. I did, only because it was a Friday night, and I thought that everything would be alright! My spouse offered me a three-word review immediately after: “non-stop crap,” and I wonder if I wouldn’t have been better saying just that and leaving it there!
