Liam Neeson is playing a hitman again? Ever since Neeson starred in “Taken,” Neeson has become the go-to actor for hitman thriller films. The latest film starring Neeson as a hitman, “Run All Night,” has Neeson once again fighting between the life of crime he’s led and his family ties. However, in “Run All Night,” which will come to theaters April 17, 2015, Neeson has to save his son, who is now a target.
“Run All Night” and is directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, who also directed “Non-Stop,” which features Neeson playing another kind of action star – an air marshal. The film also stars Joel Kinnaman, Vincent D’Onofrio and Ed Harris.
“Brooklyn mobster and prolific hit man Jimmy Conlon (Neeson), once known as The Gravedigger, has seen better days. Longtime best friend of mob boss Shawn Maguire (Harris), Jimmy, now 55, is haunted by the sins of his past—as well as a dogged police detective (D’Onofrio) who’s been one step behind Jimmy for 30 years. Lately, it seems Jimmy’s only solace can be found at the bottom of a whiskey glass.
But when Jimmy’s estranged son, Mike (Kinnaman), becomes a target, Jimmy must make a choice between the crime family he chose and the real family he abandoned long ago. With Mike on the run, Jimmy’s only penance for his past mistakes may be to keep his son from the same fate Jimmy is certain he’ll face himself…at the wrong end of a gun. Now, with nowhere safe to turn, Jimmy just has one night to figure out exactly where his loyalties lie and to see if he can finally make things right.”
(Neeson in “A Walk Among the Tombstones”. Photo credit: Atsushi Nishijima/Universal Pictures)