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Doubting whether audiences do really know the existence of this crime film due to poor marketing, Liam Neeson's name alone however has no problem at all to draw a solid walk-ins, and surprisingly it turns out to be a compelling story compared to his previous roles. Unlike the other same genre, this does not filled with action-packed scenes, but progresses steadily and methodically in details just like a real investigation in daily life, making it appears to be a chilling drama thriller. Not much of plot twists, but certain creepy moments with solid scores, riveting performance from the hero himself and the supporting casts, nasty and eerie crime heavily based on drugs and alcohol, the surprisingly "muted" ending style are more than enough to guarantee an intense, enjoyable, old-fashioned and watchable psycho- thriller.

Laika has been well known of their artistic talent to bring back the old-time style of making an animation by creating different emotions of the characters through small figurines and hand movements in a designed board, but unfortunately and surprisingly that the concept and screenplay for this third repeating effort seems to be a little bit underwhelming. While ParaNorman looks much more fun, interesting and appealing to general audiences, though boxtrolls themselves are adorable enough to attract the kids, they are dull and the slow progressing of the first half of the film might bored the parents. However, the strong casts who voice all the characters in the film especially Ben Kingsley as the villain though looks hilarious, but great enough to make the second half the film, at least to look more attracting, bringing on an inspiring message to remind audiences to be the real of yourself.