The Commuter - Liam Neeson's Penultimate Action Film

in #movie-review6 years ago

Liam Neeson announced he would be retiring from action films, and The Commuter represents his penultimate appearance in an action role. His final will come later this year as he takes on a live action version of Mr. Plow out to seek revenge for his family.

Back to the subject at hand, though. The Commuter was an entertaining albeit slightly underwhelming movie. I give a lot of credit to Liam Neeson for attempting these action movies in his mid 60s, but at the same time the amount of cuts required in some of the action scenes really shine through. There were some scenes reminiscent of the infamous multiple jump cuts to hop a fence:
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Neeson essentially carries the movie by himself as all the other passengers are relegated to quick quips or pawns in a game of Guess Who. The story is definitely a bit of a stretch with a few not so terrible twists, but at the end of the day it was fairly predictable.

Finally, I probably wouldn't recommend a friend go see the Commuter, but it wouldn't be a terrible to movie for a rainy day on Netflix. It just isn't worth the price of admission in the theater.

Let me know what you guys thought in the comments below.

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Such a typical Liam Neeson movie ... I'd watch it!

It definitely was a pretty standard Neeson film. I'm glad he is stepping away from action movies once the final one is released. He is a classically trained actor and could definitely do some different work and be successful.

We're just surprised that he even ended up in all these action movies. He has so incredible acting skills. Seemed like a waste.

Looking at his IMDB, could be Episode 1 that people started to think of him as an action star. Honestly have no idea how he got pigeonholed.

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