Cold Pursuit

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Cold Pursuit

R

Released Feb 8, 2019

1h 58m

Action

Mystery & Thriller

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Nels Coxman's quiet life as a snowplow driver comes crashing down when his beloved son dies under mysterious circumstances. His search for the truth soon becomes a quest for revenge against a psychotic drug lord named Viking and his sleazy henchmen. Transformed from upstanding citizen to coldblooded vigilante, Coxman unwittingly sets off a chain of events that includes a kidnapping, a series of deadly misunderstandings and a turf war between Viking and a rival boss.

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Critics Consensus

Cold Pursuit delivers the action audiences expect from a Liam Neeson thriller -- along with humor and a sophisticated streak that make this an uncommonly effective remake.

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Ben Sachs

Chicago Reader

The director seems to take greater delight in laboriously killing off his characters than he does in delivering jokes.

Feb 19, 2020

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Christy Lemire

FilmWeek (LAist)

The dark humor that made [the original] really daring, strange, and cool just somehow gets lost here.

Sep 18, 2019

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Wenlei Ma

News.com.au

It nails its tone as an offbeat black comedy, managing to balance the macabre and the silly.

Rated: 3.5/5

Mar 7, 2019

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

Sometimes it’s a struggle to find the humanity in anyone. And that’s without getting into the ending and the head-scratching loose ends it leaves dangling.

Rated: 2.5/5

Aug 19, 2022

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M.N. Miller

Ready Steady Cut

Cold Pursuit’s streaks of brutal cold humor have more bite than your average dark-comedy.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 19, 2022

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Josh Parham

Next Best Picture

What is most surprising is just how much dark humor is layered throughout this entire film, and it helps the film keep being quite engaging.

Rated: 7/10

Jun 4, 2022

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Murtaza A

Decent movie but cancel culture decided to tank the movie for his commentary on race.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/26/21

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Jason D

Actually one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen. Enjoy every Liam Neeson movie so assumed it would be like the others. This movie is utterly garbage. Worst acting ever, terrible development of the base plot, and the director should never make a movie again in his life. Biggest waste of my time ever.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

09/04/25

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Vendetta _

If you are sensible and don't like dark humor, is definitely not for you. I never have laugh so much with a movie before.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/26/25

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Raul R

For the type of movie it is, it’s actually really well-made. The characters are well-delveloped, the scenery and shots are great, and the plot is just complex enough. Acting is surprisingly good, with the little kid’s character being pretty unique. .

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/19/25

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Charles P

Brilliantly bonkers in the best, most addled way. Excels at inappropriate laughs and whacky tangents - but the real strength of this film is in its pure adrenaline and substance fueled verve. A fever dream of violent goofiness.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

08/05/25

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bob t

Pretty good Liam Neeson thriller

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/04/25

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Synopsis

Nels Coxman's quiet life as a snowplow driver comes crashing down when his beloved son dies under mysterious circumstances. His search for the truth soon becomes a quest for revenge against a psychotic drug lord named Viking and his sleazy henchmen. Transformed from upstanding citizen to coldblooded vigilante, Coxman unwittingly sets off a chain of events that includes a kidnapping, a series of deadly misunderstandings and a turf war between Viking and a rival boss.

Director: Hans Petter Moland
Producer: Michael Shamberg, Ameet Shukla, Stein B. Kvae, Finn Gjerdrum
Screenwriter: Frank Baldwin
Distributor: Summit Entertainment, Lionsgate Films
Production Co: MAS Production, StudioCanal, Paradox Films, Summit Entertainment
Rating: R (Sexual References|Drug Material|Some Language|Strong Violence)
Genre: Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 8, 2019, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 3, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA): $32.1M
Runtime: 1h 58m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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