Brooklyn mobster and prolific hit man Jimmy Conlon has seen better days. Longtime best friend of a mob boss, Jimmy is haunted by the sins of his past—as well as a dogged police detective who’s been one step behind Jimmy for 30 years. But when Jimmy’s estranged son becomes a target, Jimmy must make a choice between the crime family he chose and the real family he abandoned long ago. Now, with nowhere safe to turn, Jimmy has just one night to figure out exactly where his loyalties lie and to see if he can finally make things right.
Direction
Collet-Serra's one-night structure keeps breathless momentum
Acting
Neeson and Harris: two titans of tired eyes, devastating together
Cinematography
Neon-drenched NYC becomes a purgatory you can't escape
Director
Jaume Collet-Serra
Liam Neeson
Jimmy Conlon
Joel Kinnaman
Mike Conlon
Ed Harris
Shawn Maguire
Vincent D'Onofrio
Detective Harding
Bruce McGill
Pat Mullen
Genesis Rodriguez
Gabriela Conlon
Boyd Holbrook
Danny Maguire
Holt McCallany
Frank
Common
Mr. Price
Nick Nolte
Eddie Conlon
Lois Smith
Margaret Conlon
Beau Knapp
Kenan Boyle
Daniel Stewart Sherman
Brendan
James Martinez
Detective Jose Flores
Radivoje Bukvić
Victor Grezda
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is the third Neeson/Collet-Serra collaboration after Unknown and Non-Stop; they'd reunite for The Commuter, cementing cinema's most specific niche: 'Liam Neeson in transit-based panic.'
The film quietly inverts Neeson's Taken persona: instead of an unstoppable force retrieving family, he's a decaying man destroying everything around the son who rejected him. The 'particular set of skills' here are liabilities, not assets.
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This looks like it's going to be fantastic. Question: Why is Liam Neeson always saving his family? Can't he have a film where his family isn't in trouble, and he's just a chilled out lawyer or something?
@claudiosicilia9173 98
liam neeson is a legend. he was darkman, zeus, ras al gul, aslan....he is the definition of awesome! and i loved joey kinnaman as robocop. i know that both joey and liam worked in a beer factory so that is what they share in common! i would see liam in everything so i am certainly gonna check this movie!
@batmanfanizationreborn6055 19
Every year there's a movie with Eminem soundtrack.nice.
@aikogiron6951 55
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