Liam Neeson has now teamed up with director Jaume
Collet-Serra three times, and while none of the trio of action-thrillers—Unknown,
Non-Stop, and now Run All Night—exactly
lit the world on fire, the latest is easily the best of the bunch. There are
absolutely no surprises to be found—if you’ve seen the trailers, you know
precisely what movie you’re getting—but while it is drastically overlong, if
you’re looking for a gritty tale of survival and revenge that feels like it
hails from a bygone era, you can do much worse than Run All
Night. Solid action and a strong cast elevate the material, which
also gains points for the excellent use of a Pogues song.
It may not be breaking any new ground, but from what we’ve
seen so far from Run All Night, it looks right up my alley.
Revenge, grizzled old tough guys going head to head, characters who just have
to survive through this one night and everything will be
okay—it’s not horribly original, but there’s nothing I don’t like here. Adding
Ed Harris and Liam Neeson to the mix only sweetens the deal. Check out this new
French trailer to see what I’m talking about.
Liam Neeson. Ed Harris. Revenge. Stern man talking.
Seriously, I don’t need anything else to get me to see a movie, but this new
trailer for Run All Night is right up my alley. There are
tough dudes saying tough things, Vincent D’Onofrio as a harried cop, a nameless
thug getting choked out on a skeevy bathroom floor, and one long night that
never seems to end and changes everything. Sign me up.
