A Walk Among the Tombstones (Liam Neeson as P.I)
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For those that don't know, Jeff Bridges made 8 Million Ways to Die in the 1980s and that character was Matthew Scudder. Based on a series of books about a PI. He said once he thought there was a great movie on the cutting room floor somewhere.
So this is a reboot of that character, but you can tell they tried to make it look like Taken.
Interesting they tried the Dave Robicheaux character twice...Alec Baldwin in the 80s and Tommy Lee Jones fairly recently...another PI series.
I think both of those series would be far better as a 13 episode a season FX/HBO/Netflix style drama than movies.
So this is a reboot of that character, but you can tell they tried to make it look like Taken.
Interesting they tried the Dave Robicheaux character twice...Alec Baldwin in the 80s and Tommy Lee Jones fairly recently...another PI series.
I think both of those series would be far better as a 13 episode a season FX/HBO/Netflix style drama than movies.
Van Glorious
LB4LIFE
Liam Neeson is the new Harrison Ford
Bruce LeRoy
All Star
It's not just him a few of those older actors that used to mainly do oscar calibre flicks are doing mainstream action flicks these days.. People seem to go out and watch them even if they arn't all that great... Even Sean Penn the guy who used to be the anti mainstream/hollywood posterboy ended up doing Gangster Squad and his next flick is a action spy thriller the Gunman directed by the guy that did Taken and Transporter...
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FakeCaringGawd
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Nah, Harrison Ford is still Harrison Ford.
Liam is just riding that Taken action star wave. Nowhere near as iconic as Gawd Ford
daemonova
hit it, & I didn't go Erykah Badu crazy, #yallmad
Looks good (even though the flashback wig Neeson was sporting was) and that cover of Black Hole Sun they used is great.
they play it in the credits, that cover isn't that good
as for the movie, they definitely got the tone of the book, very introspective, i can see how someone would say its boring, this movie is made like an origin story, which the book isn't, but sins of the father is so shiet, so whatever, admittingly scudder books are more about the journey than the destination, so you tell the ending was changed because of hollywood, i remember the black kid actually being in the cemetery or tombstones if you will but the rest of that shiet, its no way it happened like that
the movie's best parts is the interaction btw the scudder and TJ, AND HANDLES IT IN THE MOST NON-CLICHED WAY POSSIBLE, good
seen it today, the movie was ok. Liam wasn't fighting as much as i like and the enemy were 2 gay bert and ernie cats.
The black kid stole the show everytime he was on screen. I wish there was more action. The movie is a solid C+ i guess
The black kid stole the show everytime he was on screen. I wish there was more action. The movie is a solid C+ i guess
Sunalmighty
Superstar
Liam Neeson is the ONLY actor in Hollywood that can make the same film over and over again and they are all enjoyable.
NobodyReally
Superstar
This movie was OK. It was all over the place, IMO. The first hour was gripping and there were a few turns that made it a bit different. It kinda unraveled the last half an hour though and ended awkwardly. 
2 1/2 stars.
2 1/2 stars.Saw it last night. Honestly, didn't even know what it was til like 5 mins prior. Glad I chose it though. Wasn't really feeling the last like 15 mins, kinda dragged for me but it was a real good movie.
It's not an action film either, more like Prisoners.
The little kid did a great job. Written and directed very well too.
It's not an action film either, more like Prisoners.
The little kid did a great job. Written and directed very well too.
Roman Brady
Nobody Lives Forever
In a world of superheroes/fantasy, men dressed as girls, woman are built as boys and hollywood playing their part to push this agenda of fading out masculinity 'taken' was a breath of fresh air. Hes now opened up a lane for the folks, we see the fruits of taken with shyt like like expendables, 3 days to kill, november man
Roman Brady
Nobody Lives Forever
were you born in the 90/00s? many "movie stars" got away with that shyt in the 80s/70s/60s and so on
Sunalmighty
Superstar
How many films from the 60s and 70s are you currently watching? I can understand the 80s but damn. And I'm talking about MODERN Hollywood, not shyt from mad long ago.