In 1991, NYPD detective Matthew Scudder (Liam Neeson) shoots three holdup men. In 1999, Matt is now a private eye and 8 years sober. Drug trafficker Kenny Kristo hires him to find the men who kidnapped his wife and killed her even after getting paid. He discovers other cases and suspects that the killers are connected to the DEA. He is helped by street kid TJ. The driver Jonas Loogan is guilt-ridden and commits suicide. Then the two psychopaths kidnap a young girl.
This is a dark, dark, dark thriller. It's so dark that there isn't much fun in the thrills. That's what's missing for me. This feels tired rather than exciting. It's not shocking or even disturbing. It is simply unrelenting. Liam Neeson has become the goto guy for this type of movies but maybe he's over-saturated. He does do phone calls in this one and that's always interesting.
This is a dark, dark, dark thriller. It's so dark that there isn't much fun in the thrills. That's what's missing for me. This feels tired rather than exciting. It's not shocking or even disturbing. It is simply unrelenting. Liam Neeson has become the goto guy for this type of movies but maybe he's over-saturated. He does do phone calls in this one and that's always interesting.