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Run All Night

Run All Night (2015)

March. 13,2015
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6.6
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R
| Action Thriller Crime

Brooklyn mobster and prolific hit man Jimmy Conlon has seen better days. Longtime best friend of a mob boss, Jimmy is haunted by the sins of his past—as well as a dogged police detective who’s been one step behind Jimmy for 30 years. But when Jimmy’s estranged son becomes a target, Jimmy must make a choice between the crime family he chose and the real family he abandoned long ago. Now, with nowhere safe to turn, Jimmy has just one night to figure out exactly where his loyalties lie and to see if he can finally make things right.

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Karry
2015/03/13

Best movie of this year hands down!

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Reptileenbu
2015/03/14

Did you people see the same film I saw?

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Contentar
2015/03/15

Best movie of this year hands down!

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Mathilde the Guild
2015/03/16

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

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ravimirna
2015/03/17

I really do not understand why this movie did not fare well. Liam neesan, Joel Kinnaman and Ed Harris gave one of their best performances ever. Despite being a brutal action movie, it did have some values. Among the four Liam Neeson - Jamue collet Serra colloboration, I would rate Run all Night the best. Good camera work and effective background music. Crisp editing. Ravi Chatles.

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jimbo-53-186511
2015/03/18

Former hit-man Jimmy Conlon (Liam Neeson) finds himself on a collision course with mob boss and former employer Shawn Maguire (Ed Harris) after he kills Shawn's son Danny Maguire (Boyd Holbrook) when Danny attempts to shoot Jimmy's son Mike (Joel Kinnaman). Jimmy and Mike's father/son relationship is poor, but the two men find they must put their differences aside and work together to try to stay one step ahead of Shawn and his mob who are seeking vengeance against the two men.Here we are again with another Neeson action vehicle and yes it is hard to see Neeson as anyone other than Brian Mills when watching these sort of films. That being said if you're prepared to accept with this film that 'what you see is what you get' then there is still some enjoyment to be had from this picture.In some ways this is quite an interesting film as to me it had no real antagonist; although Conlon and Maguire end up facing off against each other these two men are practically civilians at the start; Neeson has retired and leads a fairly quiet life where his only vice seems to be that he likes his booze a bit too much. Harris is a man that has made some dodgy decisions in the past and wants to leave that life behind him and stay legit. The two men are friends in the early stages with Maguire very much looking after Conlon due to his fragile emotional state. This does give the face off more emotional weight than most action films as you really feel that this is the last thing that the two men want to do and it kind of creates a bit of tension in an indirect manner.Although I liked this film it's another action film that suffers from some problematic writing; my main issue in terms of character and writing lay with Neeson's character Jimmy Conlon; his son portrays him as a bad father and forbids him from seeing his children, but at no point are we offered any insight or explanation as to what his failings were or why Jimmy and his son fell out? If Jimmy was shown as being an uncaring and selfish individual at any point during this film then his failings would have been self-explanatory, but he is very protective of his son and does everything he can to keep him out of harms way??? This is not a big deal and in no way impacts on one's enjoyment of the film, but it's sloppiness and poor character development such as this that often drags many action films down. In some ways this has a knock on effect with the 'family dynamics' and whilst they're necessary to try to present an emotional core all these efforts become practically redundant when we're given no understanding of the root cause. There are other narrative issues such as Conlon going from being an inept alcoholic one minute to being a super tough assassin the next minute, but again these things are a given nowadays for action films.At 110 minutes this film is a little too long and this is further evidenced by a moderately tense but ridiculously long final act.Taken for what it is then this is an enjoyable action thriller (particularly if you can ignore all the gaps in the writing). Neeson and Harris are superb as usual and the supporting cast are all solid as well. If you've enjoyed Neeson's previous action outings then this is worth a look.

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chris
2015/03/19

I settled on 'Run All Night' as a late night movie when I was pretty exhausted and not looking for something too complicated and it was absolutely perfect for it! Solid action, and a story line with reasonable depth make it an easy watch and the scenes between Liam Neeson and Ed Harris are seriously enjoyable. I thought Joel Kinnaman overdid his role slightly and as the movie progressed it did tend to slide towards the ridiculous, as many action movies do. Common, in particular, started out quite menacing but his final scenes were almost laughably predictable. The movie is all about action and entertainment - but there is a good story line underneath that gives it a little more weight than you might expect. Unfortunately it is pretty predictable, but worth a watch.

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edwagreen
2015/03/20

Unfortunately proves that even if you've reformed and been away from crime, something or someone shall draw you back.This is the case with Liam Neeson and Ed Harris, bot former criminals who tried to go straight. Problem was that Harris's son was no good and gets mixed up with heroin dealers. He kills them and as Neeson's son was the limousine driver who took the victims, not knowing who they were to the son of Harris, he soon becomes part of the problem.When Neeson kills Ed's son as the latter was going to shoot his son, Harris swears revenge on Neeson and his son for what has occurred. This begins a terrible night of survival by everyone with shootings, and chases abounding.An absorbing film with Neeson protecting a son who had given up on him years before for his evil doings and a police department ripe with corruption.

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