The Wrath

The Wrath

A wealthy Korean family is tormented by a vengeful spirit in The Wrath. The heirs of the family of Madame Shin are being killed off on their wedding way by the vengeful spirit of a woman. Ok-bun is a young beggar, who is married off to Shin’s youngest son, in a last-ditch effort to break…

Widows

Widows

The wives of slain criminals plan their own heist in Widows. Following a heist gone sour, career criminal Harry Rawlings (Liam Neeson) and his crew are gunned down by police. Harry’s death leaves his widow Veronica (Viola Davis) $2 million in debt to gangster, turned politician Jamal Manning (Brian Tyree Henry), who is in the midst of running in…

Silence

Silence

Two 17th century Jesuit priests find their faith tested as they search for their mentor in Japan in Silence. Jesuit priest Alessandro Valignano (Ciarán Hinds) receives word that the long lost missionary Cristóvão Ferreira (Liam Neeson) has apostatized his faith after being tortured by the anti-Christian Japanese inquisitor Inoue Masashige (Issey Ogata). Ferreira’s pupils Father Sebastião Rodrigues (Andrew…

Love

Love

Warning: The content described in this review is only suitable for people 18 years or older. Reader discretion is advised.Controversial filmmaker Gaspar Noé (Enter the Void) mixes romantic drama with explicit sex in Love. Murphy (Karl Glusman) is an American film student, who begins an extremely passionate relationship with Parisian artist Electra (Aomi Muyock). Featuring a…

Run All Night

Run All Night

Liam Neeson plays an ex-mob enforcer protecting his estranged son in the thriller Run All Night.  Jimmy Conlon (Neeson) is an aging hitman haunted by the crimes of his past.  He has fallen out with his son Michael (Joel Kinnaman), who he hasn’t seen for five years, and his only true friend is his old…

Taken 2

Taken 2

When it was released in 2008, Taken became a surprise hit and started Liam Neeson‘s current career path as an action star.  That said, there wasn’t really any need for a sequel.  The film was seemed like a fairly stand-alone story, which saw Neeson’s ex-spy Bryan Mills tear through Paris looking for his kidnapped daughter. …

Wrath of the Titans

Wrath of the Titans

I don’t know where to begin when it comes to Wrath of the Titans.  I actually somewhat enjoyed the previous film Clash of the Titans (even though I decided to give it half a point less in my rating).  That film still ended up being somewhat watchable, despite being one of the first (of many) victims of…

The Grey

The Grey

Now, on this day of Guillermo del Toro sightings, I also happened to see a movie.  They were really hyping this movie over the last few days as having a performance by Liam Neeson that was so good, that plans are already being made to re-release the film in October for a possible Oscar qualifying…

Unknown

Unknown

I have been hearing a lot of comparisons between this film and Liam Neeson‘s surprise 2008 hit Taken.  However, while they are both films that feature Neeson in a genre he is not usually known for, they are two different types of film. While the term is probably overused, the best description of Unknown would be…