an average suspense film

Rating: 5/10 (19 March 2015)

In anticipation for Liam neesons new action film run all night so I watched his action film from last year non-stop and I must say I am a bit disappointed because it is completely average. The premise of this film sees a US Marshall who is on a flight that is being hijacked and every 20 minutes someone will die unless the hijacker gets 150 million dollars. Now Liam neeson is always great in these roles and this one is no different as he completely commits to the role and makes this film somewhat enjoyable. There is allot of characters in this film and Julianne Moore is good in the film and she is the the most interesting character apart from neeson. Even though there are some other decent performances there characters are not expanded enough to make you care about them. When you look at the story you start to realise just how ridiculous it is, when the deaths happen they are ridiculously convoluted and crazy that you just can't buy it. Also when the reasoning behind the hijackers motivation is revealed it feels underwhelming and doesn't resonate with you. The script has some good dramatic and humorous dialogue but some of it feels cliché and doesn't help make these characters interesting. The style is alright with the film not being a complete action film but having allot of suspense to carry the film and that was interesting. But when the action scenes happened it was a little hard to see what was going on and what was happening. Overall this is not a bad film but it isn't memorable and is totally average.