Liam Neeson wants revenge – / Movie

After Taken, Liam NeesonThe career has changed dramatically. He went from a drama actor to Schindler's list to an official movie that includes action movies that we could call "daddy rock" – movies tailored to the country's fathers. This new reputation sometimes turns against her. The most obvious example is Grey, a fantastic and haunting film about death and sorrow that was marketed under the name of Liam Neeson Fights Wolves. Marketing has shattered the film in people's minds.

Now here Cold pursuit, who could suffer the same fate. The commercial shows that this movie involves Neeson for revenge, and while this is certainly part of the movie, so much more is happening here. And I do not know if casual movie buffs are prepared for that.

An almost identical remake of Norwegian film In order of disappearance, Cold pursuit find Disappearance director Hans Petter Moland copy what he did before, while adding new layers. The principle is the same: a snowplow driver (Neeson) goes from sweet to bloodthirsty when his son is murdered by drug traffickers. The character of Neeson, the deliciously named Nels Coxman, runs almost immediately into violence. He finds one of the morons who crashed in front of his son and hits him in the face. Then he starts looking for the other people involved.

What he does not realize is that he is caught in the middle of a conflict war between two rival drug lords. The first is the Viking (petulant)Tom Bateman), very strict in the diet of his young son and employs a large network of tailored henchmen. The other is Native American White Bull (Tom Jackson), who always remembers the fact that whites have expelled his people from his lands. It's this drug war that's going on Cold pursuit in something more than your standard thriller of revenge. Here there is a cheerful side, mixed with a sort of sadness. Moland will juxtapose a snowball fight with White Bull's men against sudden outbursts of violence.

Neeson is, as always, a welcome presence. He can play this kind of role in his sleep at this stage, but that does not mean he is sleepwalking. Nels is nice, even when he drives sawed-off shotguns into people's mouths. But Cold pursuit think less about Nels and more about White Bull – it's almost as if Moland had deceived the public by asking him to give Neeson's badbadination to unveil a more personal story about the indigenous peoples forced to deal with stupid white men. Jackson's performances as White Bull are calm and sober, and the distance traveled through complicated looks. It feels good that Bateman's Viking is so disturbing, behaving like a spoiled brat who has just been told that he will have no dessert.

All of this works, for the most part. Cold pursuit full of big bursts of laughter – a common joke involves a title card with the name of a character every time he is killed. Frank Baldwin's screenplay is very much like a screenwriter's showcase, in which each character, no matter how small, gets a sort of backstory. The only person to whom this does not apply, tragically, is Laura Dernas Grace's wife of Nels. It should be illegal to put Laura Freakin 'Dern in your movie and give it away. Dern's character is only there for the first act of the film. She complains about her son, wants her husband, then seems to disappear. I was waiting for his return to the third act of the film, but alas, it did not have to be. You talk about a scam.

Overall, however, Cold pursuit is refreshing. I expected a kind of brainless, brainless action movie (which was not wrong), and I had something deeper instead. Philip ØgaardCinematography is often breathtaking, taking full advantage of snow-capped mountains and icy panoramas (the film is shot in Colorado, but shot in British Columbia). In addition to all this, Moland is not afraid to stop everything to create moments of calm, as when White Bull walks in the mall of a casino and discovers shops selling offensive and culturally appropriate items. Or a scene where two Viking henchmen turn out to be lovers. All this is wonderful. I'm afraid the public will not be deceived. Yes, you will have scenes of Liam Neeson murdering villains here. But you will also have a lot more.

/ Movie Rating: 7.5 out of 10

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