"if you wanna know what god thinks about money... look at the people he gives it to."

collet-serra brings his usual layered compositions + tight, rhythmic cutting to another exciting pulp thriller (dude gets his shit kicked in with a lefty guitar!!!), but his formal attempts to depict the communal language of the working class..? chef's kiss. best title sequence this side of fincher's Dragon Tattoo. fuck you goldman sachs.

the opening sequence (one of the best in years) starts the film out as this optimistic of synecdoche new york, and then quickly becomes a wild conspiracy thriller, all while maintaining its fun and b-movie trashiness.

a total surprise.

this movie could have ended at the scene where liam neeson beats a guy with a guitar and i honestly wouldn't have complained. everything else is just a bonus.

If you’re in the mood for silly.

Watched on the plane.

Sturdy but unsurprising. If you're looking for an impeccable formal exercise featuring a train as an analog for runaway capitalism do yourself a favor and re-watch UNSTOPPABLE.

liam neeson's agent: i have a movie for you
liam neeson:
liam neeson's agent: your family's life is on the line
liam neeson: i'll do it

An extra .5 for Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson <3

More "good" than "bad" in this action film, but only a decent, slightly-above average one.

Old man Liam at it again, kickin ass and saving the day, this movie would have been great if he didn’t already make 5 others just like it

Lo sforzo di Collet-Serra è encomiabile, perché riesce a girare un onesto thriller con una regia decisamente più raffinata rispetto alla sceneggiatura. Le premesse sarebbero anche buone, con una prima parte in cui la tensione viene gestita bene durante la ricerca del passeggero misterioso. Però il resto è molto meno convincente e, dopo una serie di colpi di scena assurdi, si arriva a un finale deboluccio. Neeson è praticamente nel suo solito ruolo action: qui è un assicuratore, un pendolare ma anche un ex poliziotto, che si ritrova coinvolto in un complotto più grande di lui. Ovviamente anche stavolta la sua famiglia sarà in pericolo.

It's utterly ridiculous, sure, but I had fun with it.

Not sure it's possible for Jaume Collet-Serra to make a movie I like.

Jaume Collet-Serra continues to typecast Liam Neeson as a badass in a location doing cool things. This one with a bit of mystery and intrigue and the main cast of The Conjuring.
The first half is all mystery with some suspense, leaving out little details to keep its audience guessing (or even confused), while the second half amps up the suspense and action and then overstays it's welcome by a hair.
Liam Neeson as expected does a fine job, doing another role that he's familiar with doing.

Its another Liam Neeson flick by Jaume Collet-Serra, so it is basically as you expect it to be.
Now if only we could get another film as great as The Shallows, that would be nice. Jaume Collet-Serra has proven in the past he doesn't need a bunch of action and explosions to make a great film, so let's go back to that.

worse than the denzel train film