and the film seems to stop for a moment, pleased with itself for finally offering up the line, happy to be delivering on its Taken sub-genre promise. There’s a signal moment about 40’ in when Liam tells one of the bad guys he is *coming to get him*. ![]() In one instance, where the film tries to get rid of her by packing her onto a bus “for her own safety”, she jumps off (without us seeing) and reappears soon after. The writer / director kept trying to sideline Kate’s character to pursue his man-on-a-revenge-mission story (personally, I would have put Kate upfront and centre), but she kept jumping back into the fray. 29 Watch on Neeson plays Tom, a bank robber who throws away his ill-gotten gains for love. Their characters deserved a better, richer film. HONEST THIEF Official Trailer Now On Digital / Blu-Ray Dec. The problem is there’s not much else on display, except some good supporting performances from Jai Courtney (always terrific), Jeffrey Donovan (really strong, evoking Warren Oates modified by Bradford Dillman), and the great Kate Walsh. Much was made of Arch Manning’s debut for Texas during the program’s annual spring game back on April 15and not in a good way. Liam Neeson does what is expected: the tension of his predicament delivers a series of now-get-out-of-thats as the complications ramp up. It’s rated PG-13.HONEST THIEF has a reasonable premise (a successful bank robber decides to turn himself in when he meets a woman he falls in love with), which it then unpacks and explores in all the right ways.but without any subtext or depth, or even feeling for character. “Honest Thief” premieres in theaters on Oct. Of course, the decision to enter the door to a theater in order to see something this marginal could be another matter. To be fair, “Honest Thief” is honest about its intentions, providing a check-your-brain-at-the-door escape. ![]() (As a footnote, Ramos’ wife in the movie is played by “Hamilton” co-star and real-life fiancée Jasmine Cephas Jones.) Neeson has joked in recent years about getting a little long in the tooth to be running around in these sort of movies, but he remains plenty convincing in selling such a premise, even if it’s one this conspicuously slim. Overview A bank robber tries to turn himself in because hes falling in love and wants to live an honest life.but when he realizes the Feds are more corrupt than him, he must fight back to clear his name. Unfortunately, both he and perhaps especially Walsh are saddled with a lot of bad dialogue (the film was written and directed by Mark Williams), in the latter case punctuated by her understandable surprise that the new man in her life is suddenly a fugitive. Mostly, it’s an excuse for Neeson to say things like “I’m comin’ for you” as only he can, and eventually marshal his thieving/safecracking talents against those pursuing him. In pursuit are FBI agents harboring different objectives, the most prominent being Agent Meyers (Jeffrey Donovan), who spends his spare time cooing at his dog, and a pair of younger agents (Jai Courtney, Anthony Ramos) under his supervision. Still, an extended plea deal wouldn’t exactly meet the customary action requirements, so Carter is pretty quickly double-crossed by corrupt agents, forcing him to go on the run and defend himself. When he meets Annie (Kate Walsh), he decides to settle down and come clean, contacting the FBI and offering them a deal: A light sentence, near where she can visit him, in exchange for returning the stolen loot. Neeson plays Tom Carter, a former Marine who has cleaned out enough banks to earn the nickname the In and Out Bandit, and he’s introduced plying his trade. That’s essentially the formula here, although the template actually proves closer to something like “FX” – where the protagonist uses his specialized skills to fight the bad guys – than the most obvious comparisons to Neeson’s filmography. His life takes a 360 degree turn when he meets Annie Sumpter (Kate Walsh) and falls in love with her. He meticulously robs banks without violence and has collected a little over nine million dollars. ![]() In “Taken,” its sequels and similarly themed fare since – a la “The Commuter” and “Cold Pursuit” – Neeson has carved out a niche as a likable guy who’s easy to root for and a very, very bad idea to cross. The story is set in Boston, where Tom Carter (Liam Neeson) is a reputed criminal, known as the In and Out Bandit. ![]() Like second-tier John Wayne westerns, Neeson offers enough of what his fans want, but a thin script and stilted dialogue make the battle harder than usual. Directed by Mark Williams, the co-creator of Netflix favourite Ozark, it takes everyone’s favourite taciturn. By the standards of Liam Neeson thrillers (and there are a lot from which to choose), “Honest Thief” is pretty weak tea, a passable, low-octane action movie that doesn’t do much more than steal one’s time. Honest Thief is a slight step-up from the usual Liam Neeson revenge punch-upperer.
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