Rated PG-13
Starring Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore,
Directed by Jaume Collett-Serra
The Story:
Bill Marks (Neeson) is an Air Marshal. Boarding a flight to London, he begins to receive texts on his secure phone. If he doesn't pay a huge ransom, passengers will start being murdered every 20 minutes. As if on cue, the body count starts piling up, but on a flight full of red herrings and authorities on the ground thinking Marks has gone rogue, the odds are stacked against him.
First bad guys stole his family.
Now they've stolen his plane!
Wait, wrong movie franchise.
:)
Neeson has reinvigorated his career as the quiet, angry man who gets things done.
I've enjoyed both Taken films and found The Grey, well, to be less than spectacular.
This one is much more in line with the Taken franchise, along with every other action hero against the odds film ever made.
As the movie rolls along at a fairly quick pace, passengers are revealed as suspects, get cleared or wind up as victims at a rapid pace. Soon, much like Neeson, you're wondering who really is the hijacker?
Then you begin to wonder...
Is Neeson suffering from split personality disorder?
Now the trick will be to see if they bring this back with a sequel?
Final Grade: C+
Rewatchability/Purchase Factor: Pretty good flick, but not a whole lot of replay factor in it once the mystery is solved.
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