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A Walk Among the Tombstones

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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 01/06/2015
8.1/10
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. Go to Full Review
Joe McGovern Entertainment Weekly 01/06/2015
B
As a throwback to a type of nasty, ugly crime film of yesteryear, A Walk Among the Tombstones cleans up. Go to Full Review
Inkoo Kang TheWrap 01/06/2015
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. Go to Full Review
Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review 07/25/2022
3/4
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. Go to Full Review
Kip Mooney Central Track 08/10/2021
What makes A Walk Among the Tombstones so satisfying is the script and direction of Scott Frank. Go to Full Review
Dan Brightmore NME (New Musical Express) 05/26/2021
4/5
David Harbour's villain really is a nasty piece of work with a twisted line in torture. Go to Full Review
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Ray C Aug 30 Liam Neeson shines as the hard boiled detective here. I love these types of movies and I think A Walk Among The Tombstones is one of the better additions. Its much more of a slow burn thriller as opposed to some of Neeson's more action-packed films. The story does drag at times and there were a few choices at the end that I felt held it back. But overall, this was a solid little detective story. See more Jeff K Aug 17 Liam Nelson hunts down a couple sadistic serial killers in a film noir action movie. I would've preferred they made it more of a mystery than action movie, but it was entertaining. See more Lavish C Jul 31 [SPOILERS WARNING!] First of all, I think that Liam is one of the worst actors of his generation. Somehow it worked for him in Schindler's list, and in Taken, maybe he was well cast in something else that I didn't watch, but per se he just can NOT act. His facial paralysis might be even worse than Keanu's. Now the movie. Wannabe-stylistic but ultimately just presumptuous. A very useless, tired, old, incapable ex police turned cop because of some vendetta he went on while drunk. Now got hired as private detective to find who killed his client's wife. Some wannabe-clever subplots just to make it look like the writer actually made some effort, but they are dumb attempts which have no substance and leads nowhere. The killers kill again. Then kidnap a girl. He gets hired via recommendation from his previous client to negotiate. Things go awry, they escape, they had cut the 14 y/o fingers without any reason, now they shoot dead his previous client's brother, he shoots one of them, they still escape, a kid from one of the two useless subplots irresponsibly hid in their truck and almost got discovered, but so can tell them where their base is. The one who got shot gets killed by the other one just like that, no other reason. They arrive. He handcuff the dude to a metal pipe. The previous client stays to kill the dude although he, as ex cop, disagrees and leaves. But then he comes back and for some demented reason the client has uncuffed the criminal and he's dead. He gets plummeted badly because he's useless. But he has a taser and stuns the dude and shoots him the head. In other words, not only the two bastardy killed 2 women, cut the fingers of a girl, and this last dude killed his victim's husband now, but they both went out easily, just one bullet. The last one in the head, no pain. What I hate the most in a movie centered on revenge, is when the revenge doesn't arrive. There's no reason for this movie to exist. It's a mistake. Like the fact that Liam still acts. See more David H May 21 Why is hollywood so determined to push the envelope of disgusting graphic sadism? Are they trying to convince us that normal people actually behave this way? Or do they just want to discredit, degrade and destroy our moral sensibilities? See more Faiz D May 13 One of Liam Neeson's best. See more mark g Apr 24 I have to admit, some of the choices Neeson had made around this time were questionable, so I didn't know what to expect. But boy was this one different. Make no mistake, dark as hell. This movie is not for the squeamish, many scenes are disturbing. But the direction is excellent and Neeson is on top of his game. Moreover, the two bad guys personify evil like few others in recent memory. See more 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
Exclusive Media, Jersey Films, Cross Creek Pictures, 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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