Run to see Run All
Night
Review by Melissa Keir
Liam Neeson has become
the man with a gun you want on your side. In movies like the Taken series or A
Walk Among the Tombstones. I give Run All Night an A.
Best friends growing
up Shawn Maguire (Ed Harris) and Jimmy Conlon (Liam Neeson) lived the life of
Gangsters. Shawn was a mob boss and Jimmy was his hit man. Both were family men
with sons who meant the world to them. The difference is that Jimmy walked away
from his family because of his shady lifestyle. When he’s forced to kill
Shawn’s son, their friendship is destroyed. Now Jimmy must keep his son alive.
If protecting his son isn’t enough, then he’ll return to his roots and destroy
his best friend before Shawn kills Jimmy’s son.
The action is fast
paced and feels like a Soprano episode. As a parent, I would do anything to
protect my child. Mother bear, Tiger mom, I’m not going to let someone hurt my
child. Yet there’s a moral to the story about the lifestyle. Jimmy’s son grows
up with morals because Jimmy walked away, where Shawn’s son is a mess. Was it
because Shawn was always there to save his son as a helicopter parent? Being a
parent means letting your child fail and learn from their mistakes not protect
them from all failures.
Liam’s incredible as a
bad guy doing what’s right. The gun play and physical action sequences astound,
even at his age. And while I do miss the more fun and carefree Liam from movies
like Love Actually, at least he’s not crashing planes like Harrison Ford.
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