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Name: The Commuter
Released: 2018-1-12
Cast: Liam Neeson, Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Jonathan Banks, Elizabeth McGovern

The Commuter

PG-13
1h 45m
2018

55%

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In this action-packed thriller, Liam Neeson is Michael, an insurance salesman whose daily commute home quickly becomes anything but routine. After being confronted by a mysterious stranger (Vera Farmiga), Michael is blackmailed into finding the identity of a passenger on his train. As he works against the clock to solve the puzzle before the train's last stop, Michael is unwittingly caught up in a criminal conspiracy that carries life-and-death stakes for himself and his fellow passengers.

Director:

Jaume Collet-Serra

Producer:

Alex Heineman, Andrew Rona

Writer:

Byron Willinger, Philip de Blasi

Cast:

Liam Neeson, Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Jonathan Banks, Elizabeth McGovern, Sam Neill

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

55%

Critics Consensus: The Commuter's cast is better than its workmanlike script - which helps make this reasonably diverting Liam Neeson action thriller worth the price of a matinee ticket or rental, if not a full-price ticket.

Reviews

Keith & the Movies

Keith Garlington

You know what to expect – a fast pace, good action, that Neeson growl, and some amusing corniness.

If the film is mostly disposable and too familiar, the initial face-to-face encounter between Neeson and Farmiga proves that talented actors can make lousy writing sound better. But that single moment is hardly enough to justify the rest.

If I wish that Neeson had an opportunity to show more gravitas in the throes of his sweaty unravelling, I recognize this is partly my disappointment that we didn't get his Unforgiven before he put this side of himself out to pasture.

There's a good but underutilized cast, a promising premise that's undercut by a dour tone, and not enough action to justify the weak story.

The Commuter uses female characters as nothing more than plot accessories.

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