Liam Neeson

Dan Stevens

David Harbour

Boyd Holbrook

Ólafur Darri Ólafsson

Stro

Mark Consuelos

Adam David Thompson

Sebastian Roché

Laura Birn

Maurice Compte

Patrick McDade

Luciano Acuna Jr.

Hans Marrero

Kim Rosen

Eric Nelsen

Jon Goracy

Razane Jammal

Stephanie Andujar

Al Nazemian

Sophia Frank

Susham Bedi

Purva Bedi

Novella Nelson

Marielle Heller

Frank De Julio

Natia Dune

Genevieve Adams

Liana De Laurent

Danielle Rose Russell

David Anzuelo

Samuel Mercedes

Mike Figueroa

Mike Carlsen

Leon Addison Brown

Damion Lee

Jeremie Harris

Jolly Abraham

Nina Polan

Briana Marin

Arthur Gerunda

Fabrizio Brienza

Dennis Jay Funny

Whitney Able

Chinasa Ogbuagu

Louise G. Colón

Annika Peterson

Marina Squerciati

Johnny Otto

Rick Bolander

Scott Frank

Danny DeVito

Brian Oliver

Michael Shamberg

Stacey Sher

Lawrence Block

Tobin Armbrust

Carlos Rafael Rivera

Mihai Malaimare Jr.

Jill Savitt

Avy Kaufman

David Brisbin

Jonathan Arkin

Cherish M. Hale

Kerrie Smith

Shellie Biviens

Kyra Panchenko

Maya Hardinge

Amanda Miller

Craig Lindberg

Jeannette Kim

Ted LeFevre

Michael Herlihy

David Scott Gagnon

Colin Brantley

Leslie Bloome

Dror Mohar

Branden Spencer

Wylie Stateman

Lee Dichter

Steve F.B. Smith

Kevin Zack

Henry Langstraat

Aniela Sidorska

Luke DiTommaso

Austin Meyers

Mark Vanselow

Guillaume Renberg

Atsushi Nishijima

Jason Velez

Mary Jo 'MJ' McGrath

Margaret Moy

Jeff Cornell

Tim Stipan

Rick Derby

Renee Burke

Kohli Calhoun

Waléra Kanischtscheff

Amy Leigh Johnson

James Hinton

Ryan Smith

Kerry Orent

Lauren Selig

Mark Mallouk

Richard Toussaint

Adi Shankar

Spencer Silna

Tracy Krohn

Kate Bacon

Nigel Sinclair

Guy East

Christopher Goode

Stephen Apicella

Justin Ritson

Jillian Longnecker

Steven Chester Prince

Peter Epstein

Steve Apicella

Gary Martone

Daniel Wallenstein

Chrissy Kuhn

Thomas Stokes

Betsy Heimann

Brian Bowles

Max Sherwood

Michael Barosky

Michael Kurihara

Mary Ramos

John W. Hyde

Crime

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

A Walk Among the Tombstones

Traveling Picture Show Company

Jersey Films

Free State Pictures

Exclusive Media

Cross Creek Pictures

1984 Private Defense Contractors

Da Vinci Media Ventures

Double Feature Films

United States of America

English

new york city

based on novel or book

murder

private investigator

mafia

drugs

alcoholic

kingpin

wife murder

1990s

Though I haven't watched a lot of them yet (I've mainly devoted my time, of late, to catching up on 1920-1970s cinematic milestones), I have a profound respect for the new roles Liam Neeson has taken on in recent years. It makes me think of what would have been had my favourite actor ever, James Cagney, hadn't basically retired for the quiet life in the early 60's, when the perfect storm of 'great actors in B-movies' hit the fans.

My lady is more a horror aficionado, and of recent vintage films, so it was nice to throw this on for a spin and show her its neo-noir tendencies, almost as if going through a 'make your own movie' template, checking them off one-by-one. I don't mind that sort of rote predictability if it's done right, and, though heavily flawed, for the most part it does. By the climax, I basically only cared for four things: that the kidnapped girl, Matthew Scudder and TJ were alive, and that the two kidnappers/murderers got their just desserts, whether it be lengthy incarceration or murder, anything so their crime spree would be ended. The film was well-made and a very enjoyable experience, so considering the relatively minor flaws (especially the one-dimensional aspect of the antagonists), I would definitely recommend at least a watch for most cinephiles out there, especially those interested in 'true crime' type of contemporary American cinema.

Per Gunnar Jonsson

This movie had quite some premise and it is a decent enough movie but, sadly, it never really rises out of the ordinary. We have some really despicable criminals and I mean some real creepy nutcases and we have Liam Neeson as a gritty former cop turned private investigator. Good recipe to start with I would say.

Unfortunately it never really took off. Liam Neeson is doing a good job of portraying the former cop and he is pretty much making the picture. The creepy guys are, well creepy but they never really get to shine in their creepiness. Most of the other characters around are just decoration with the possible exception of the young brat whom I personally just found annoying.

Speaking of annoying I have to say that the AA sessions and the voice overs from them pretty much falls into that very category. They felt at best like unnecessary fillers to me. I do not know why it is so popular to portray “heroes” as drunks or former drunks.

The movie is not a quick paced one. It is more of a thriller than a action one although there are a few outbursts of action. Sometimes it goes quite far down the road of some real detective work and sometimes it just jumps about leaving a few inconsistencies and plot wholes hanging around.

I would say that this movie is a fairly ordinary, good but nothing special, crime story about two psychopaths and a gritty former coop given the task of chasing them down. Without Liam Neeson as a lead actor more or less carrying the movie along it would have been a fairly bland movie.

A Walk Among the Tombstones( 2014)

Some people are afraid of all the wrong things

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A review by talisencrw

Written by talisencrw on Sat Sep 17 2016

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