not an edge of the seat thriller

Rating: 8/10 (5 March 2014)

I had high hopes when I bought the tickets for this movie. I liked Liam Neeson since Taken. I haven't seen much of his films previously. This film feels like Taken that doesn't include his family.
Liam Neeson plays Bill Marks. An divorced alcoholic husband and father looking almost suicidal because of the death of his daughter. He is a disgraced cop now working as an Air Marshall. He boards an Non-stop flight from New York to London. The flight crew know about his situation and also believe he is ready to crack sometime soon. Mid way in the flight he receives a text message saying "One passenger will die for every 20 minutes if 150 million dollars are not sent to an account number".
OK. Sounds Interesting. But it seemed impossible as to how to kill the passengers. How do you poke a hole through the bathroom to reach the cockpit? If the hole was made, how was it made and why was the crew not aware of it?
The concept is similar to the Taken series. How? Instead of his family here a Boeing plane is "Taken". The movies does not drag,thankfully.
The casting was fine, and it had a Hitchcock feeling to the whole story.
Watch it. Its worth for a time pass