Alcoholic and world-weary air marshal springs into action during a transatlantic flight after receiving a series of text messages with demands of ransom worth over a hundred million dollars else someone gets to die every 20 minutes of no response.
After the entertaining thriller Unknown, Neeson reteams with Collet-Serra for what is not only the Orphan helmer's best work, but also a pretty good film in its own right.
It all might sound bit Fly Hard and director Collet-Serra does make good use of the claustrophobic cabin confines, even if he cheats on the in-flight physics later on. But his tech-Hitchcock whodunnit doesn't sustain.
Neeson, who brings enormous conviction to these late-career action roles, moves his big body through confined spaces ... with so much power that you expect him to rip out the seats.
Cinemixtape
April 15, 2016
"Non-Stop" sees Liam Neeson resume his generic action hero persona - as seen in "Taken" and "Unknown" - to far less successful results.
The screening audience was apparently just as dumb as this reviewer, because when 'Non-Stop' stopped at its ridiculous CGI deus ex machina finale-everyone cheered and clapped.
The problem is that Non-Stop tries to be something it's not. It has one too many scenes that border on ludicrous, and the big reveal barely makes sense.