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A Walk Among the Tombstones

Play trailer Poster for A Walk Among the Tombstones R Released Sep 19, 2014 1h 54m Crime Drama Mystery & Thriller Action Play Trailer Watchlist
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Matt Scudder (Liam Neeson), formerly part of the NYPD, now works as an unlicensed private detective. His latest client is a drug trafficker (Dan Stevens) whose wife was kidnapped and brutally murdered, and as Scudder delves deeper, he finds that the crime's sequence is the modus operandi of the perpetrators. Before they can strike again and destroy other lives, Scudder races through the back streets of New York to catch the killers, blurring the lines between lawful and criminal as he goes.
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A Walk Among the Tombstones doesn't entirely transcend its genre clichés, but it does offer Liam Neeson one of his more compelling roles in recent memory, and that's often enough.

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Kate Erbland Film.com Frank's film is much more of a noir outing than a straight action feature, and Neeson slips right into the tone and feel of the hard-boiled detective offering. Rated: 8.1/10 Jan 6, 2015 Full Review Joe McGovern Entertainment Weekly As a throwback to a type of nasty, ugly crime film of yesteryear, A Walk Among the Tombstones cleans up. Rated: B Jan 6, 2015 Full Review Inkoo Kang TheWrap As nauseating as the film's inventive sadisms can be, Frank succeeds far more in the details than in the larger picture that tries to relate this world to ours. Jan 6, 2015 Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review It's an appealing, engaging, and solidly assembled picture with style to spare, and here's hoping it's not the last time Frank and Neeson bring Scudder to the screen. Rated: 3/4 Jul 25, 2022 Full Review Kip Mooney Central Track What makes A Walk Among the Tombstones so satisfying is the script and direction of Scott Frank. Aug 10, 2021 Full Review Dan Brightmore NME (New Musical Express) David Harbour's villain really is a nasty piece of work with a twisted line in torture. Rated: 4/5 May 26, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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Matthew D A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014) is better than I remembered. One of the strongest Liam Neeson films and performances from him in the past decade. Dan Stevens, Boyd Holbrook, and David Harbour are excellent in their supporting roles. Scott Frank's dark neo-noir direction is ruthless with a truly bleak worldview. The detailed and nihilistic writing makes for an engaging mystery. Fair warning, the serial killers are very disturbing to watch. It holds up nicely. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/20/25 Full Review acsdoug D Superior Neeson fare. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/10/25 Full Review Pongo K Not too much action. A thriller. Not too sophisticated. I think you will like it, without getting too exited. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 11/09/24 Full Review Ariadne M I understand the frustration of losing cryptocurrency. Lose it to individuals you have given your time, trust, and personal information to. It's certainly a tough situation to be in. I have lost hundreds of thousands of USD, and I fear what these impostors would do with my details. It was months of fear and trauma for me before coming in contact with CyberGenie HackPro. Their success rate is impressive, and they have helped numerous individuals and businesses retrieve their funds via various means lost to scammers running from BEC Fraud and pig butchering fraud. Remember, it's essential to choose a legitimate company with a proven track record and positive reviews, CyberGenie HackPro is the DEAL. If you want full internet protection, find CyberGenie HackPro: -Telegram-CyberGenieHackPro- -W/A +1.2.5.2.2.7.1.8.9.0.0 Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/03/24 Full Review John C Liam Neeson has enjoyed a renaissance lately, reinventing himself as an ‘elder statesman’ of action movies, what with the ‘Taken’ trilogy and ‘Non Stop.’ Therefore, I couldn’t help but go into ‘A Walk Among the Tombstones’ thinking that it was going to be another ‘blast-a-thon’ of gunplay and high-octane action. It wasn’t. I even – briefly – read a post on the internet concerning the film. It simply read ‘Totally dull.’ To be fair, I can see where they’re coming from. If you go into this film expecting something like Taken then you’re going to be left sorely disappointed. Luckily, when I watched it, I was obviously okay with something a little slower. Liam Neeson plays... well, basically the same badass character he keeps playing lately – you don’t really need to know his name. He could almost be the same guy in Taken. But, anyway, he’s an ex cop turned private detective who’s hired to investigate the kidnap and murder of a drug dealer’s wife. First of all there’s comparatively little action, despite quite an intense opening shootout, there’s not that much else to follow (besides the odd ‘roughing up’ of a few shady characters here and there. The story is mainly about Neeson’s investigation, which he does with hunches and leads, rather than guns and fists. Normally, I say that characters work best when they interact with others around them. Liam Neeson is definitely a ‘lone wolf’ here and I actually preferred him that way. However, the film-makers decided to make him ‘play off’ a young homeless kid he sort of befriends along the way. I felt that this was the one down point in the film. It wasn’t the young actor’s fault. He could definitely act, I just didn’t really believe a young homeless boy would be so into the things he was, i.e. health conscious and water-drinking to ‘flush out his system’ etc. But he’s comparatively a minor part of the two-hour film. So, if you’re in the mood for something a little slower than Neeson’s recent offerings then give it ago. Just think ‘cops and robbers’ rather than all out action. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 10/26/24 Full Review Audience Member Decent movie, but it wasn't as satisfying as I would have liked. It was alright. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 10/11/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Matt Scudder (Liam Neeson), formerly part of the NYPD, now works as an unlicensed private detective. His latest client is a drug trafficker (Dan Stevens) whose wife was kidnapped and brutally murdered, and as Scudder delves deeper, he finds that the crime's sequence is the modus operandi of the perpetrators. Before they can strike again and destroy other lives, Scudder races through the back streets of New York to catch the killers, blurring the lines between lawful and criminal as he goes.
Director
Scott Frank
Producer
Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher, Tobin Armbrust, Brian Oliver
Screenwriter
Scott Frank
Distributor
Universal Pictures
Production Co
Cross Creek Pictures, Jersey Films, Exclusive Media, Double Feature Films
Rating
R (Disturbing Images|Brief Nudity|Language|Strong Violence)
Genre
Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller, Action
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 19, 2014, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 16, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA)
$26.0M
Runtime
1h 54m
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