The Commuter (2018)

A Masterpiece!

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

The first fifteen minutes were really interesting and it looked as though there was the opportunity for plot and character development - but it quickly turned into totally unbelievable bunkum thereafter and I walked half way through because the storyline was so embarrasingly stupid. Just out of curiosity who can be hit over the head five times with an electric guitar and still get up and fight! Utter nonsense!

"The Commuter" is about a 60-year-old man whose repetitive life is interrupted by a time-sensitive mystery on a train that threatens the lives of all the passengers aboard. He receives instructions to solve this mystery by Vera Farmiga. If I hadn't known better, I might've thought I was watching a reworking of "Source Code" (2011). After all, the opening credits sequence shows Liam Neeson going through the same basic routine everyday, which always results with him commuting to and from work--plus train, plus Farmiga. But, no, instead, it's "Non-Stop" (2014), with the same star, with the twist being he's on a train this time rather than a plane.I miss the simplicity of the "Taken" series and the more-acceptable logic that a former CIA operative would have "a very particular set of skills" that would allow him to kick butt even as he enters the age of a senior citizen. In "Non-Stop," at least, he's still a federal air marshal, but, now, in "The Commuter," he's a former insurance salesman and even-more-former police officer. Talk about straining credulity. Most people, including police officers, go their entire lives without ever having the athleticism and combat skills of Neeson's salesman. If they do continue this path until Neeson's character bounces out of his wheelchair without an ounce of combat training in his past careers to beat up guys half his age or younger, then I hope the plots aren't as convoluted as this one.And Farmiga is not in her mid-30s, as the police captain suggests. If audiences can accept the premise of an elderly man leaping between railroad cars like he's prime Michael Jordan, then I think they can accept that a mid-40s-aged woman is attractive.

Lack of logic but is entertiantment.Just watch get fun dont judge why?

Family man Michael (Liam Neeson) has been working for a life insurance company for ten years. He gets made redundant so goes for a pint and travels back home on his usual scheduled train. He gets approached by a mysterious woman (Vera Farmiga) who wants him to find someone. He can handle these situations very well because he has a particular set of skills as he used to be an NYPD cop. Why do characters always have to have a skilled background??The film is a predictable standard fare action thriller which has some entertaining often implausible moments. Liam Neeson is back to his old ways and really delivers the goods. The film bares many similarities to his pervious film (Non-Stop) but this time it's set on a train. It is an enjoyable mystery thriller but ultimately feels too dumbed down to reach a wider audience. But nevertheless The Commuter is an enjoyable serviceable action thriller.