The Commuter

2018 Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra

Lives are on the line

A businessman, on his daily commute home, gets unwittingly caught up in a criminal conspiracy that threatens not only his life but the lives of those around him.

Liam Neeson Vera Farmiga Patrick Wilson Sam Neill Florence Pugh Clara Lago Roland Møller Ella-Rae Smith Andy Nyman Adam Nagaitis Colin McFarlane Shazad Latif Jonathan Banks Kobna Holdbrook-Smith Killian Scott Nila Aalia Elizabeth McGovern Dean-Charles Chapman Kingsley Ben-Adir Damson Idris Ben Caplan Letitia Wright Andy Lucas Simon Hibbs Zaak Conway Jamie Beamish John Alastair Aoife Hinds Alana Maria Show All…

Alternative Titles

El Pasajero, Dernier arrêt, 通勤營救

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Popular reviews

Review by josh lewis ★★★★ 1

"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.
Review by Arielrocks5 ★★★★ 9

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.
Review by truman ★★★★ 5

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.
Review by loise ★★★

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
Review by Sean Baker 7

If you’re in the mood for silly.
Watched on the plane.
Review by matt lynch ★★★

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.

Recent reviews

Review by Cineanalyst ★½

Source Code Meets the Tedium of Non-Stop
(originally posted on IMDb 10 August 2018)
"The Commuter" is about a 60-year-old man whose repetitive life is interrupted by a time-sensitive mystery on a train that threatens the lives of all the passengers aboard. He receives instructions to solve this mystery by Vera Farmiga. If I hadn't known better, I might've thought I was watching a reworking of "Source Code" (2011). After all, the opening credits sequence shows Liam Neeson going through the same basic routine everyday, which always results with him commuting to and from work--plus train, plus Farmiga. But, no, instead, it's "Non-Stop" (2014), with the same star, with the twist being he's on a train this time rather than…
Review by Redanridge ★★★

Intriguing start
Review by Mirren Bodanis ★★★

Very fun, flash and well done popcorn flic. It's not the greatest, but accomplishes what it's trying to accomplish pretty very. A very "cool" film.
Review by MainRadiance ★★½

as much as i love liam neeson, i legit would need to run away since he gets everyone in trouble
Review by Steve Fekete ★★

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

There's nothing new or overly interesting going on here. A bizarre plot to turn a random ex-cop into a hit man. The stakes never feel high and nothing feels believable in a superheros destroying the entire city kind of way.
That being said, Liam Neeson continues to be fantastic in everything he does, no matter how unoriginal the story is. He carries the film and makes it at least semi-watchable.
Review by Lianne ★★½

This is what I call a filler...a movie you watch to kill time while doing something else like ironing, working out or breastfeeding. You don’t have to be super involved to enjoy it because it’s simple. I liked to actors in this movie that’s why I picked it on Netflix. Neeson does what he does best, it’s okay. I love Patrick Wilson in Hard Candy and Little Children, but in this one he’s just bad...it’s partially because of the bad script but man...he can do better.
Review by Robin De Vernon Ryding ★★★★

Love a great mystery. Was on the edge of my seat for this one. Was filmed brilliantly, once again great acting from Liam and the story was pretty exciting.
Review by Sharadsingh Thakur ★★★½

Nice one
Review by how's it hangin fellas ★★★½

3.75/5!!