Liam does it again

Rating: 7/10 (29 March 2015)

Really, is there anything better than a tear jerking Liam Neeson action film? Maybe one starring Jason Statham? This is the legacy of Jerry Bruckheimer, who gifted to us all the unforgettable Armageddon (and we love him for it), and another reminder Hollywood has just gotten better at packaging celluloid sentimentalism with heroic atonement. So good that, even though we pick them apart with relentless critical abandon and expose them for the unrepentant saccharine clichés they are, in the end, deep down, we find ourselves rooting for Liam and suspending disbelief as he embodies the protective father, alcoholic failure and terrorist ass kicker all at once. Only Taken is better (perhaps the best of the genre) and I for one am looking forward to Non-Stop Too, bitches. Curious side-note: tonight I watched Non-Stop for the second time, and it only took 3 Scotch Ales to thoroughly enjoy it as much as I did the first time.