Cold Pursuit (2019)
Liam Neeson plays a snow plough driver in a Colorado ski resort whose son is murdered by thugs working for the local drug kingpin (Tom Bateman), overcome with rage, Neeson sets out on a path of revenge.
So far so Neeson, but it really isn't the Taken sequel it sounds like. Following the first kill (We are given a black RIP screen following each death to commemorate their loss - can you imagine if the did this with Commando in the 80's?) we spend as much time with the drug lord and his comrades as we do with Neeson and the film becomes what seems like a series of vignettes and doesn't really flow as you would expect. Quirky is one way of saying it but that dislocated feeling means we never really get any build up of tension.
There's quite a bit of black comedy involved and there's an Elmore Leonard vibe to it rather then any typical revenge thriller. Technically it's great, with excellent snow scape photography and often amusing dialogue written for characters unlikely to feature in more than two scenes before becoming an RIP on our tv screen.
Come the end, i was left with a feeling that there was more to the film than initially meets the eye and it would definitely benefit from a second viewing.
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