Run All Night (DVD REVIEW)
Run
All Night
DVD
Review by Kam Williams
Latest Liam Neeson Action Thriller Available on DVD
Hit
man Jimmy Conlon (Liam Neeson) and mob boss Shawn Maguire (Ed Harris)
have been BFFs for decades. In fact, the blood brothers from Brooklyn
are so close that they routinely recite their loyalty oath, “Wherever
we’re going, we’re going together” as a reminder of their
enduring alliance.
However,
that seemingly unbreakable bond is shattered in an instant after
Shawn’s son Danny (Boyd Holbrook) is gunned down in the wake of a
drug deal gone bad with a couple of Albanian heroine dealers. Trouble
is, Jimmy’s son Mike (Joel Kinnaman), who makes an honest living as
a chauffeur with a limo company, just happened to be in the wrong
place at the wrong time. For, he had no idea what was up when he was
hired to serve as the pair’s getaway driver.
Nevertheless,
revenge-minded Shawn decides that his best friend’s kid has to pay
with his life. So, he informs Jimmy that he’s sending his assassins
after Mike to even the score.
Of
course, Jimmy warns his son. Mike then calls the cops, ignoring his
father’s advice to avoid the local police since they’re bought
and likely in cahoots with the Maguire crime family. When that turns
out to be true, father and son end up on the run all over the city
from both the authorities and bloodthirsty bad guys.
Thus
unfolds Run All Night, the latest high-octane offering from Liam
Neeson who’s again typecast in a role that he’s become closely
associated with ever since his phenomenal performance as an
overprotective parent in Taken. This picture’s premise puts a
slight twist on the familiar theme in that Jimmy’s not exactly an
empathetic protagonist given his long career as a feared enforcer
known as “The Gravedigger.”
Still,
he’s sorely in need of a shot at redemption, especially in the eyes
of his estranged son who rejected the notion of ever following in his
father’s footsteps. Instead, Mike tried to make it as a boxer, and
when that didn’t pan out he took the legit job as a limo driver.
Run
All Night was directed by Jaume Collet-Serra who previously worked
with Liam Neeson on both Unknown (2011) and Non-Stop (2014). Three
times is definitely the charm for the pair as this adrenaline-fueled
adventure proves to be their best collaboration yet. The film also
features an excellent supporting cast which includes Nick Nolte, 2015
Oscar-winner Common (for the Best Song “Glory”) and veteran
character actors Vincent D’Onofrio and Bruce McGill.
Liam
Neeson delivers afresh in an edge-of-your-seat, high body-count
thriller every bit as good as they come!
Excellent
(4
stars)
Rated
R for
profanity, sexual references, graphic violence and drug use
In
English and Albanian with subtitles
Running
time: 114 minutes
Distributor:
Warner Home Entertainment Group
Blu-ray/DVD
Combo Pack Extras: Shoot All Night: behind-the-scenes with director
Jaume Collet-Serra and his team; Action all Night: cast and crew Liam
Neeson's onscreen grit and vulnerability; and deleted scenes.
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a copy of the Run All Night Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack, visit:
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