Night Run

Liam Neeson again has some skills that make him very dangerous. Drunk or not, do not mess with him or his loved ones ... This has a real anti-player in Ed Harris. Someone who can hold his own against Liam. The acting is superb, the action is more than decent. The thrill works and while there is a morality to it, it never challenges the tension it builds at any time.

It has it some story holes or logic errors or whatever you want to call them. But even they are kept at a minimum. I'm also glad this isn't a remake, because the title sounded like a french movie, but has nothing to do with that. Single components may feel familiar, but in the thriller genre it's tough to invent something completely new. So it's OK to copy things that worked ... like this movie does ...

Action movie with plenty of suspense, thrills, intrigue, twists and turns. The action of this frenetic thriller about the Brooklyn Irish mafia and the courage of family takes place during just one night in New York. An elderly Brooklyn mob hitman, Jimmy Conlon (Liam Neeson), doesn't seem to find solace except in whiskey. Jimmy is more commonly known as the 'Gravedigger'. Jimmy feels haunted by the sins of his past and also harassed by the police detective (Vincent D'Onofrio) who has been after him for 30 years. But when his honest son, Mike Conlon (Joel Kinnaman) becomes the target of his boss (Ed Harris) and friend, Jimmy has to choose between the criminal family he had chosen to belong and his real family, which he abandoned long ago. No sin goes unpunished !. One night to settle the score !.

This stirring film contains suspense, thrills , noisy action, shootouts , violent fights and plot twists. From start to final the frantic action and fast-movement are unstopped. Liam Neeson gives a top-notch acting as a man tired of life and regretful of his dark past who would stop at nothing to defend his only son and his family. The third collaboration between the Spanish director Jaume Collet-Serra and the actor Liam Neeson after ¨Unknown¨ (2011) and ¨Non-stop¨ (2014) and before filming together in 2018 ¨The commuter¨. The film is once again an action film without measure, full of shots, chases, tension and a script that gives no respite or rest.

Along with Liam Neeson, other veteran and renowned actors such as Ed Harris or Vincent D'Onofrio and young people such as the Swedish Joel Kinnaman and the rapper Common share the spotlight. Adding other secondaries in brief acting, such as: Nick Nolte, Genesis Rodriguez, Boyd Holbrook, Holt McCallany, Beau Knapp, Patricia Kalember Lois Smith and Bruce McGill.

It displays a dark and night photography by cameraman Tom Holkenborg. The musician Martin Ruhe composes a tense and moving soundtrack fitting to frenetic action . Lavishly produced, including spectacular scenes, by various producers as Roy Lee, John Powers Middleton, Ray Quinlan and Jaume Collet-Serra himself. This exciting flick was compellingly directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. Collet is an expert director/producer of terror movies as ¨Orphan¨, ¨House of wax¨ and for TV , ¨The river¨, as well as specialist in thrillers , most of them starred by Liam Neeson, such as: "Unknown" , "Run all night" , "Non-stop" , "The Commuter" , ¨Retribution¨. Rating : 7.5/10, well worth seeing. Better than average. The picture will appeal to Liam Neeson fans and explosive action enthusiasts .

One of the better action movies I've seen in a while. Great characters - great acting and interesting story line. I really liked this film and I don't understand why this movie does not get better reviews. unlike a lot of the popular glitzy action films, this one leaves a memory of what it was really about. The camera work was great and incorporated some of the best and most believable action scenes I have experienced. The language was fitting and not overpopulated with Fbombs. The story line is easy to follow. The soundtrack is appropriate without a lot of unnecessary crashing and banging, or a way over the top, or overpowering soundtrack. Definitely a good film.

Fluently put together and entertaining enough for it not to be forgotten as easily as it could have been, yet it falls short in achieving both what it could have and what it promises to, that being a remarkable and unique action thriller.

All of the problems "Run All Night" has seem to tie in together and make just one big problem: it simply does not use its potential and it does not use it exactly because of the problems it has. Firstly it does not use its well defined characters to its advantage and ultimately even fails to stick to some. Moreover way to many times the film descends into ultra-generic territory: I was watching the film, entertained and time and time again what it seemed to be leading up to wasn't as interesting as I wanted it to be, it was a situation I had seen times and times again and I was repeatedly left asking myself "so that was all?". The director also hints at a very original eye for visuals, just as the whole movie hints at a better, more intriguing and surprising film, but ultimately both fail to the delver what they promised. The visual style and editing style had some brief brilliant moments, but for the majority falls into, again, ultra-generic and fast-cut distracting action scene. Way too many times I wondered why hadn't the director shot a scene in another way which could have made it incredibly and vastly more fascinating to watch.

That is not to say that there are many redeemable qualities. First and foremost there is genuine tension mostly because of the well rounded characters for whom I had a surprisingly positive emotional connection and didn't realize so until the end. Helping this is a fantastic cast that delivers the majority of the goods. Neeson is obviously charismatic, he isn't phoning it in, he is giving a heartfelt performance that definitely delivered. Ed Harris is in my opinion one of the best actors of history possibly and this is further proof that he simply can do no wrong, he has a presence on screen that is very hard to match. Even Kinnaman, whom I have been a critic of, is delivering a good enough performance. Lastly, the story doesn't ever realize its potential as I said, but it still makes for a very riveting premise that kept me hooked until the end, despite an overlong duration.

I had a good share of fun and excitement, but I was disappointed to see such a good opportunity ending up being another average film.

Liam Neeson, starring in his his now standard turn of several similar action thrillers. A man with a past given a chance to redeem himself with judicious amounts of crowd-pleasing violence. Perhaps it's unfair to say the Northern Irish actor could phone in this performance from anywhere in the world, as he does it so well, but one can understand those that criticize the actor for repeating himself, with the inevitable diminishing effect at the box office.

Run All Night deserves to be seen as more than just another Liam Neeson early-year actioner. It's a nasty movie with great pace and a strong spine thanks to those two prolific leads. Although it does have some flaws and may drag in between scenes, though as an action thriller it provides the necessary thrills and interest for the viewers.