Mobster and hit man Jimmy Conlon has one night to figure out where his loyalties lie: with his estranged son, Mike, whose life is in danger, or his longtime best friend, mob boss Shawn Maguire, who wants Mike to pay for the death of his own son.
With Neeson on fine form and an encouraging start, it’s a shame that this gritty crime drama feels the need to erupt into a full-blown action movie by the end.
Run All Night is certainly no classic, but will prove quite satisfactory for Neeson completists.
The best possible version of a late Liam Neeson movie.
A cut above the usual Liam Neeson bruiser.
A succession of car chases and bar room brawls set the pulse racing in this New York-set thriller – and it whups the Taken sequels.
What follows is hardly ground-breaking stuff, but it’s good to see Neeson and Harris going toe-to-toe playing characters bound and doomed by the same primal, blood-is-thicker-than-water code.
The brutal fight sequences reach operative levels of style and intensity, and when Neeson shares a quiet dialogue scene with Harris the acting is just as formidable as the action.
Yes, it’s another film about Liam Neeson punching and shooting people.
General release. Check local listings for show times.
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