Run All Night
In Run All Night, a limo driver played by Joel Kinnaman witnesses a crime, which reunites him with his estranged father (Liam Neeson) as the two spend the night running from a hit man (Common), a mob boss (Ed Harris), the mob boss’s men, and the cops, corrupt and honest alike. All Run All Night really had to do was be better than Taken 3. It succeeded at this job far better than it probably should have. Liam Neeson is fantastic in the movie, portraying a broken man with a lot of demons, who may not be the most likable person you can possibly meet. His chemistry with Ed Harris is fantastic, and I really bought that the two were friends. Run All Night also proves to me that actor Joel Kinnaman is improving, though I still think he has a ways to go. On the more negative side, there are some uses of shaky cam, and they can be annoying. The difference between this and a movie like Taken 3 was that I could actually follow what happening in the action sequences. The movie is harsh, violent, gritty, and uncompromising. This movie can be added to the catalogue of the great resurgence of 80s-style action movies, even if it does waver here and there.
8 / 10
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