Blacklight

Plenty of fun is provided by trying to spot the local locations where the reckless car chases were filmed.

They should know the one thing you really don’t want to do is mess with Liam Neeson’s family, because the man has a very particular — Taste in screenplays.

This melancholy actioner with a cliché-ridden script highlights a moral man contemplating retirement as his past catches up with him — along with his achy knee joints and feet. But Neeson’s still got game.

No element of the narrative is presented with the modicum of detail required to make us care... which is a shame, because if you squint really hard you could see the beginnings of an intriguing political thriller in there somewhere.

One could even argue that it’s not a movie at all, only a rusted-out recycling bin of ill-fitting themes, notions, poses, conventions, affectations, tropes, tropelets and inert snippets of dialogue from other movies.

The script is, gross opportunism aside, dismally threadbare.

Although the plot starts with a police tone, it soon transforms into an adrenaline-filled chase that reflects the style of the protagonist. [Full review in Spanish]

People are already tired of “Liam Neeson kills everyone” action movies …and Blacklight will certainly not change their minds.



Neeson gets the benefit of the doubt one more time.

All I can say “It Was Fine” I wanted more from this generic action film… & Liam Neeson