![]() L-R: Kate Walsh as Annie Wilkins and Liam Neeson as Tom Dolan in HONEST THIEF.įor their part, the cast does appear to be having a good time. With the world entrenched in life-threatening seriousness, there’s nothing wrong with a little nonsense. ![]() ![]() We forgive these trespasses in logic because we understand the genre demands a looseness with reality in order to give us the kind of entertainment we can still sit back, relax, and just dig on. Only in an action movie can someone suffer from a severe, life-threatening concussion yet be basically back to normal after a night or two. Example: only in an action movie can two people fall two stories, land on their backs, and not need medical attention. These things create a foundation for a sleek actioner that you don’t have to think too hard about to enjoy, making it easier for the dumb stuff to be forgiven. How do you make him sympathetic? You (a) make him charming, (b) give the audience a plausible reason for cheering him on, and (c) instill a motivation for his initial misdeeds audiences can relate to. How do you make a bank robber on equal footing with two federal agents? You make him a former marine with a particular set of skills. ![]() The story and script developed by Steve Allrich ( The Timber) and Mark Williams ( A Family Man), who also directs, is smart where it needs to be smart and acceptably dumb where it needs to be dumb. Will Honest Thief end up with that kind of reverence in a 100 years or so? Doubtful, but it’ll be no less entertaining. It’s only with time and examination that his work has grown to be a focus for entire departments of academia. In his era, Shakespeare was considered low brow, populist entertainment. Actually, better yet, you are looking for Shakespeare, the one of the Elizabethan era, not the one we think of now. If you’re coming to Honest Thief for entertainment, you’re not looking for Shakespeare. L-R: Anthony Ramos as Ramon Hall and Jai Courtney as John Nivens in HONEST THIEF. Seriously, with this log line, how could it not be a Neeson picture? In a trim 99 minutes, Honest Thief has Neeson play a bank robber who finds himself on the run after he’s betrayed by two federal agents and is forced to fight his way to freedom by clearing his name the only way he can: using his Marine training. Having watched Honest Thief, number two certainly seems to be more than just a guess as the film’s central cast seems to be having so much fun reveling in a script that’s pure popcorn cinema. For two, they’ve got to be becoming incredibly easy for him to make at this point, allowing himself to just have a grand ole time. His characters tend to be believable in their strength and skill, relying more often on out-smarting his opponents than using sheer physical strength, like characters played by Scott Adkins, Chris Hemsworth, Will Smith, Sylvester Stallone, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. ![]() For one, Neeson makes for a damn fine action hero. In a world full of criminals, what we need is an “Honest Thief.”īy Douglas Davidson on DecemĪt this point in Liam Neeson’s career, the frequency of Taken-like stories he headlines has got to be purposeful. Home › Recommendation › Home Release › In a world full of criminals, what we need is an “Honest Thief.” ![]()
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