Although I'm not a big Liam Neeson fan, I have seen a lot of his movies because I like this type of genre.
The story here is actually pretty good. A hedge fund guy takes his kids to school and is being blackmailed to do things when a mysterious caller claims there's a bomb in the car under his seat.
The first 70 minutes are pretty good. The story is believable and the acting is convincing. Then the story completely falls off the rails and becomes as unrealistic as it can get.
CAREFUL: SPOILERS ALERT!
Once the children are out of the car and Matt decides to take off it gets so unrealistic that it's almost laughable. First, the bomb would have exploded when he run into the cops cars. Second, how exactly did he evade the police chasing him (convenient). Third, it was very easy to predict who the perpetrator was. Forth, even if you're willing to believe that the accident wouldn't have caused the bomb to explode he would have been dead before he hit the water. And those are just the bigger problematic things about the way this story ends. I actually prefer action thrillers that are more realistic so it a shame they went this way.
On the plus side, the movie was still enjoyable. The acting was good and for once we didn't get to see Liam Neeson in some ridiculous fight scene (he's over seventy so it's getting ridiculous to see him win physical fights with villains that are half his age).
If you are a Liam Neeson fan or if you love these kind of films and you don't mind suspending your disbelief you can enjoy this movie. It's predictable and flawed but still entertaining.
The story here is actually pretty good. A hedge fund guy takes his kids to school and is being blackmailed to do things when a mysterious caller claims there's a bomb in the car under his seat.
The first 70 minutes are pretty good. The story is believable and the acting is convincing. Then the story completely falls off the rails and becomes as unrealistic as it can get.
CAREFUL: SPOILERS ALERT!
Once the children are out of the car and Matt decides to take off it gets so unrealistic that it's almost laughable. First, the bomb would have exploded when he run into the cops cars. Second, how exactly did he evade the police chasing him (convenient). Third, it was very easy to predict who the perpetrator was. Forth, even if you're willing to believe that the accident wouldn't have caused the bomb to explode he would have been dead before he hit the water. And those are just the bigger problematic things about the way this story ends. I actually prefer action thrillers that are more realistic so it a shame they went this way.
On the plus side, the movie was still enjoyable. The acting was good and for once we didn't get to see Liam Neeson in some ridiculous fight scene (he's over seventy so it's getting ridiculous to see him win physical fights with villains that are half his age).
If you are a Liam Neeson fan or if you love these kind of films and you don't mind suspending your disbelief you can enjoy this movie. It's predictable and flawed but still entertaining.