Always as convincing in his interpretation, Liam Neeson unfortunately here does not benefit from the same care given to the screenplay and his character cruelly lacks a real psychology. Certainly, the fact of proposing a too smooth direction spoils part of our pleasure to find the actor Liam Neeson in an action film after the Taken trilogy and some good thrillers like The passenger (The commuter) (2018), Non-Stop (2014). When his friend Annie is violently assaulted by one of the two rogue agents, Tom decides to take revenge and use his knowledge of explosives to expose the two FBI agents.Īfter a very successful first film Last Call (2016) that went rather unnoticed, the director and showrunner of the Ozark series offers us through his new film to address the themes of redemption, love and pay tribute in his own way to films that have marked our memories as moviegoers. However, Tom's willingness to come clean by confessing to his robberies and returning the money is not going to go as planned after two rogue FBI agents not only killed another agent but also stole $3 million. Yet his meeting with Annie (Kate Walsh) will make him see life in a new light and he will put aside his criminal activities to build a true love story with this woman who illuminates his life. He was not interested in the money he raised, but in the meticulousness required to organize perfect robberies. This former de-miner found the adrenaline that kept him going by developing real strategies for robbing banks. Tom is a former bank robber who was angry about his father's suicide and his mother's death. ![]() Impossible when watching this rather successful film The Full Powers (1997) by Clint Eastwood. Honest Thief)is certainly not the best film by one of our favorite actors, Liam Neeson, but it is a nostalgic look back to an 80's film in which we let ourselves be guided without expecting anything more than to see an action movie or in this case a detective film based on an excellent actor, an attractive cast of supporting actors (Kate Walsh, Robert Patrick, Anthony Ramos, Jeffrey Donovan, Jai Courtney) and a plot that really doesn't shine with its originality and by its director who is content to film the few action scenes that mark this film in the old-fashioned way. Going to the movies is still one of the best ways to escape from our sad everyday life and discover new films. We are living in a really difficult time in which a part of our humanity seems to have abandoned us and in which our recurring impression of being in a bad horror sci-fi film persists. ![]() But most of all, it's a love story, and to me that's the most important thing" - Mark Williams. But when two FBI agents set him up for murder, he must now go on the run to clear his name and bring them to justice."It's an action movie with suspense, car chases, shootings and explosions. Hoping to cut a deal, a professional bank robber agrees to return all the money he stole in exchange for a reduced sentence.
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