Can Liam Neeson please stop terrorising us with these kind of films! FILM REVIEW: Retribution Cast: Liam Neeson, Jack Champion, Emily...
Can Liam Neeson please stop terrorising us with these kind of films!
FILM REVIEW: Retribution
Cast:
Liam Neeson, Jack Champion, Emily Kuschem Arian Moayed, Matthew Modine, Embeth
Davidtz, Lilly Aspell
Rating:
2/5
Five minutes into
the film and one knows that this is your average Liam Neeson which you have
been watching over the past few years.
The veteran actor looks
tired and burnt out in a film so obviously a cash grab since this doesn’t have
substance or style. He should probably stop doing such films, opting for more character-based
films where he will be able to showcase his acting talent.
When a mysterious
caller puts a bomb under his car seat, Matt Turner (Neeson) begins a high-speed
chase across the city to complete a specific series of tasks. With his kids
trapped in the backseat and a bomb that will explode if they get out of the
car, an everyday commute becomes a twisted game of life or death as Matt
follows the stranger’s increasingly dangerous instructions in a race against
time to save his family.
Matthew
Modine is fine with the kids just about okay. Even the car chase sequence fails
to induce an adrenaline rush, as it’s just so bland. The dialogues are childish
and stupid. This might as well have been directed and written by an AI.
Retribution
is a poorly written, directed, and acted thriller that doesn’t even earn the
thriller title. It’s basically ‘Speed’ in the Liam Neeson “I love my family”
universe.
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