Genre: Crime Drama Mystery
Cert: R-rated
Director: Scott Frank
Screen writer: Scott Frank (screenplay), Lawrence Block (novel)
Starring: Liam Neeson , Maurice Compte , Patrick McDade , Luciano Acuna Jr. , Hans Marrero , Laura Birn , David Harbour , Adam David Thompson , Kim Rosen , Dan Stevens , Eric Nelsen , Jon Goracy , Razane Jammal , Stephanie Andujar , Al Nazemian.
Running time: 114 min
Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity: Rated R for violence, disturbing images, language and brief nudity.
A close-up of a woman's face as a man's lips kiss it briefly, then the camera zeros in on the faces of two men looking at her, then it shows duct tape over the woman's mouth and the woman crying, the two men have their arms on her shoulders and knees (the villains are men that sexually torture women, these acts are off screen.)
A villain smashes a woman against a wall and rips off her top in the process to reveal her bra, and kisses her briefly on the lips, the woman is crying the whole time (sexual menace implied.)
There is a painting of a nude woman in 2 apartments, briefly seen.
A kidnapper tells a detective over the phone that he will send him a cut-off breast of a teen girl if a ransom demand is not met; On a bed a clothed man (villain) orders a woman to choose between her breasts to cut them off (we do not see her breasts, only her face and sexual violence is implied)
Violence & Gore:Lots of violence, as usual with a Neeson movie.
The main villains are a sexual menace
There are exchanges of gunfire and scenes of intense hand-to-hand fighting, including the use of weapons such as bottles, a meat cleaver and a garrotte. Violent acts sometimes result in sight of bloody injuries.
Profanity: About 20 uses of the F-word,1 probable use of "c--t"
Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: Some of the main villains (and even some heroes) are drug dealers.
Frightening/Intense Scenes: The van scene maybe disturbing to some viewers
Story: Matt Scudder is a former cop now a private eye. He is asked by a drug dealer to find the men who kidnapped his wife. It seems like they killed her even after he paid them. Scudder refuses. But the man later goes to see him and tells him how his wife was killed. Scudder takes the job. He does some research and thinks the men he is looking for have done this more than once. And that everyone they grabbed is connected to a drug dealer. He was about to give up when they grab another girl and Scudder tries make sure she's returned alive.
Likes : There seem to be a trend of the Neeson film's around just lately which can be a little boring at time seeing the same actor play the same roles, for the most part he is plays some grizzled, world weary, growling bad a** with a checkered past. exempts movies like "The A-Team", "Clash/Wrath of the Titans", and ugh...."Battleship".....dear lord that wasn't a bad film but not the greatest film around....although it is always nice to see Rihanna trying to be a bad a**!". you get the picture. As for the examples of slightly less awesome Neeson bad a** movies, these are the ones like "Unknown" which lets be honest was way to slow, and some may even say "Non-Stop" but its actually an intense & entertaining film to watch.
"A Walk Among the Tombstones" falls into this category. Many will go into this movie looking to see Neeson take out the bad guys left, right & centre may be sorrily disappointed as this isnt one of those movies. "Tombstones" is more about the detective story and the darkness that the characters descend into. As the film progresses. Neeson plays Matt Scudder, a retired cop/alcoholic turned P.I. after a case 8 years ago that left him emotionally and psychologically scarred from an event.
He is brought to meet drug dealer (excuse me, "trafficker") Kenny Kristo (worse drug kingpin name ever?) who wants to hire him to find the two men who kidnapped and murdered his wife despite paying them the money they asked for.
The pace of the film is questionable along with a spunky, homeless kid T.J, fish around for clues. Their relationship is interesting at first because it's unclear as to why Scudder continues to come into contact with this kid besides the fact that perhaps by helping this kid, he can make up for a lot of sins he has committed in his past.
Neeson is almost in every scene and his presence alone keeps you engaged in every step he takes which keep the story interesting. As you get closer and closer to the truth the film gets more disturbing which some scene maybe disturbing for some viewers.
The film is unnerving for sure and is a mental disturbance more than anything special some scene can be very disturbing.
Even though it may not be as action packed as some of Neesons' past films with this dark nature like (The Grey) but it may be a pleasant surprise for other reasons. One of Americas guilty pleasures is loving serial killers (Dexter, The Killing, Hannibal, films and series, Se7en, etc.) so people may actually enjoy the film but for a completely different reason then they previously thought. Although this film is without its flaws.
Dislikes : One problem with this film is because of the lack of action in it the pace of the film is two slow it lets the film down as you find yourself get bored of watching it dispute, the usual neeson scenes being in the film which only slightly make it more interesting, you just kind of found the story concept a little bland.
Overall : Not a bad film, just to slow, great acting & little dark & disturbing
Rating: 4.1 out of 5 for entertainment / 6.1 out of 10 for storyline / concept
Screen writer: Scott Frank (screenplay), Lawrence Block (novel)
Starring: Liam Neeson , Maurice Compte , Patrick McDade , Luciano Acuna Jr. , Hans Marrero , Laura Birn , David Harbour , Adam David Thompson , Kim Rosen , Dan Stevens , Eric Nelsen , Jon Goracy , Razane Jammal , Stephanie Andujar , Al Nazemian.
Running time: 114 min
Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity: Rated R for violence, disturbing images, language and brief nudity.
A close-up of a woman's face as a man's lips kiss it briefly, then the camera zeros in on the faces of two men looking at her, then it shows duct tape over the woman's mouth and the woman crying, the two men have their arms on her shoulders and knees (the villains are men that sexually torture women, these acts are off screen.)
A villain smashes a woman against a wall and rips off her top in the process to reveal her bra, and kisses her briefly on the lips, the woman is crying the whole time (sexual menace implied.)
There is a painting of a nude woman in 2 apartments, briefly seen.
A kidnapper tells a detective over the phone that he will send him a cut-off breast of a teen girl if a ransom demand is not met; On a bed a clothed man (villain) orders a woman to choose between her breasts to cut them off (we do not see her breasts, only her face and sexual violence is implied)
Violence & Gore:Lots of violence, as usual with a Neeson movie.
The main villains are a sexual menace
There are exchanges of gunfire and scenes of intense hand-to-hand fighting, including the use of weapons such as bottles, a meat cleaver and a garrotte. Violent acts sometimes result in sight of bloody injuries.
Profanity: About 20 uses of the F-word,1 probable use of "c--t"
Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: Some of the main villains (and even some heroes) are drug dealers.
Frightening/Intense Scenes: The van scene maybe disturbing to some viewers
Likes : There seem to be a trend of the Neeson film's around just lately which can be a little boring at time seeing the same actor play the same roles, for the most part he is plays some grizzled, world weary, growling bad a** with a checkered past. exempts movies like "The A-Team", "Clash/Wrath of the Titans", and ugh...."Battleship".....dear lord that wasn't a bad film but not the greatest film around....although it is always nice to see Rihanna trying to be a bad a**!". you get the picture. As for the examples of slightly less awesome Neeson bad a** movies, these are the ones like "Unknown" which lets be honest was way to slow, and some may even say "Non-Stop" but its actually an intense & entertaining film to watch.
"A Walk Among the Tombstones" falls into this category. Many will go into this movie looking to see Neeson take out the bad guys left, right & centre may be sorrily disappointed as this isnt one of those movies. "Tombstones" is more about the detective story and the darkness that the characters descend into. As the film progresses. Neeson plays Matt Scudder, a retired cop/alcoholic turned P.I. after a case 8 years ago that left him emotionally and psychologically scarred from an event.
He is brought to meet drug dealer (excuse me, "trafficker") Kenny Kristo (worse drug kingpin name ever?) who wants to hire him to find the two men who kidnapped and murdered his wife despite paying them the money they asked for.
The pace of the film is questionable along with a spunky, homeless kid T.J, fish around for clues. Their relationship is interesting at first because it's unclear as to why Scudder continues to come into contact with this kid besides the fact that perhaps by helping this kid, he can make up for a lot of sins he has committed in his past.
Neeson is almost in every scene and his presence alone keeps you engaged in every step he takes which keep the story interesting. As you get closer and closer to the truth the film gets more disturbing which some scene maybe disturbing for some viewers.
The film is unnerving for sure and is a mental disturbance more than anything special some scene can be very disturbing.
Even though it may not be as action packed as some of Neesons' past films with this dark nature like (The Grey) but it may be a pleasant surprise for other reasons. One of Americas guilty pleasures is loving serial killers (Dexter, The Killing, Hannibal, films and series, Se7en, etc.) so people may actually enjoy the film but for a completely different reason then they previously thought. Although this film is without its flaws.
Dislikes : One problem with this film is because of the lack of action in it the pace of the film is two slow it lets the film down as you find yourself get bored of watching it dispute, the usual neeson scenes being in the film which only slightly make it more interesting, you just kind of found the story concept a little bland.
Overall : Not a bad film, just to slow, great acting & little dark & disturbing
Rating: 4.1 out of 5 for entertainment / 6.1 out of 10 for storyline / concept
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