not great

Rating: 6/10 (11 July 2014)

Liam Neeson and Julianne Moore are going "Non-Stop" in this 2014 film.
Neeson plays an alcoholic air marshall who is texted that one person every 20 minutes is going to die unless the terrorist gets $150 million transferred to his account. He begins a frantic search for the texter, and then it is learned that the bank account to receive the money is in his name.
In order to emphasize what a total mess Liam Neeson's character is, 9 years were knocked off of his age so that he would look pretty bad for 53 instead of okay for 62.
Oscar winner Lupita Nyong'o has nothing to do.
For me, this wasn't an edge-of-my-seat adventure film, so the plot holes I would normally forgive, I can't. And this one was so full of plot holes, a Swiss cheese would look solid.
It's one thing to leave certain questions about the plot up to the audience, but sadly, I don't think that's why the film is confusing and has open questions. I think it was just sloppily written.