The Liability

The Liability is a British film which doesn't really have a budget. Its script is only so-so and the only real star name attached to it is Tim Roth. Luckily, that does seem to be enough to pull it off.

Jack O'Connell plays a young man who gets in trouble with his - slightly dodgy - stepfather and, as a punishment, is roped into the 'family business' and asked to do something equally dodgy, which involves driving hit-man Tim Roth to his next job.

It's a road movie which could be pretty average if it wasn't for Tim Roth's performance. The comedy doesn't always work. The performances can be a bit stilted, yet Tim seems to carry the whole thing on his own and makes it worth watching.

Special mention to the location scout who has found some truly outstanding filming locations around the north of England to set some of the action in.

If you're a fan of low budget British gangster movies (or simply of Tim Roth) then you should give this a go. The ending seems to divide audiences, but the film is enjoyable enough for you to ignore that minor point if it isn't to your taste.

I just finished watching this movie and I expected it to be much better honestly. Certainly when I saw who was playing in this movie. Don't get me wrong the actors were all good. I can't fault any of them for the role they played. It's just that the story is a little bit disappointing. It's not realistic enough and a little bit bland. For a professional hit-man I found that he was doing a lot of mistakes and everything that could go wrong did go wrong. I also would not categorize it under humor because you're not going to laugh a lot. Well at least not me because I didn't laugh once. All in all it's not a bad movie. It's just fine to watch once and then forget about it.

Tim Roth plays a hit man on his final job before his daughter gets married. Adam (Jack O'Connell) is an annoying 19 year old who accidentally discovers that his step father is more depraved than he thought. After crashing his step father's Mercedes, he is in his debt and he is given a job as a driver to pay him back. His contact is Roy (Tim Roth) and they go on Roy's last hit together. Wanting to be part of the gangster culture, Adam asks to be more than just a driver and things start to go wrong, especially when 'the girl' gets involved.

The film is quite light hearted, considering its content and, at times is comical. Both lead actors play their parts quite well and create an enjoyable partnership. The storyline is a little week and everything that can go wrong, does goes wrong. I found myself rooting for Adam in the end and, despite being a professional killer, Roth's character is quite appealing.

Overall, a mediocre film that I will not watch again but it was reasonably enjoyable, light hearted and funny in places.

A little indie gem this from Britain, with a good Tim Roth in the center as a worn out disillusioned hit-man, but it's Peter Mullan which steals the show, with a delightfully nasty big shot criminal.

There's many reasons to like this, if you don't expect this to be an action flick. It's wrongfully labeled so, but this is a a crime drama, or really a road movie, Coen/Tarantino style. 1) Unpredictable mysterious plot (gives a good ride) 2) Great cool acting (stung cool play by all, but the naive Liability) 3) Extinguished filming (lots if great angles and smart details) 4) Delightful score (sophisticated, punky and dirty, would search out several songs) 5) Classic cars (loved the use and filming of the Granada Ghia) And there's more to it. I found myself feeling it as a cozy road movie which we expect to go wrong for some. Lovely lingering excitement, taking you to the next stop on the route.

If you like one of them smart little films with no extra fuzz, just great talent, this is it!

Here in England the title is now "The Hitman's Apprentice" & i checked it out on Netflix because i like the rising star JACK O'CONNELL as he's been in a few really good films lately such as "71 & 300: Rise of an Empire & i think he'd one of the best rising British actors working today!!!

Now Tim Roth is abit of a British actor legend with amount of Classic films he's starred in like RESERVOIR DOGS & PULP FICTION for example & i read that one of Jack's favourite actors is Tim Roth so it's cool having these two great British actors teamed up.

Now the story is very basic & it's a Low-budget affair but it's entertaining enough with it's comical crime happenings & dark humour as O'connell plays a 19yr old waster who has to do a driving job for his mum's corrupted gangster boyfriend & that job has him driving for a hitman named Roy (Roth) & they drive around the countryside & its winter & a few darkly funny things happen with certain "Targets" & they end up crossing paths with an extremely beautiful lady who has is on her own path of vengeance for her missing sister that is all connected to O'Connell's mum's vile boyfriend & there's a darker theme of Human trafficking at its centre. There's a fun humourous chemistry between funny O'connell & serious Roth as they both start to like each other on this wild journey of murder & mayhem but really its a short British crime Thriller that never really gets very deep but the two leads pairing is what gives it some life & fun in an otherwise pretty mundane film.

It's an easy watch & not a bad film but it's nothing exciting either.