Memory

Personally I think what Liam Neeson should do is order a hit on the role of hit man and have a go at doing something different.

Casino Royale director Martin Campbell makes great use of his locations, but the film is unlikely to linger long in your own memory.

I wish I could forget it!

One of our most powerful actors is again wasting his time on the kind of half-baked thriller Charles Bronson used to crank out with depressing regularity during the waning days of his career.

The whole thing is so wrapped in leaden dialogue and B-movie cliché that by the last weary, bloodletting hour, you'll envy Alex's ability to forget.

For Neeson, whose recent work has trended toward the "geezer teasers" that ensnared stars like Bruce Willis and John Travolta, the diminished memory device feels like an uncomfortable metaphor for a career on the wane.

I do applaud Memory for accomplishing the impossible, which is to make you forget about virtually every aspect of the film by the time the lights go back up in the cinema.

Memory seethes with evil deeds and evil-doers motivated by nothing more than greed and a lust for power. And for once, Neeson’s character isn’t a blinding ray of light purifying everything around him through sheer will power and clenched fists.

An above-average Liam Neeson action piece...Aimed squarely at an adult audience that doesn't mind lots of plot talk, veteran director Martin Campbell gives th proceedings an usually jagged edge that lifts it above more formula-minded genre pieces.

[Memory] offers only predictable plotting and fitful thrills.