Sep 17, 2014 a walk among the tombstones is a thoughtful and engaging hardboiled detective drama, one ripe with franchise potential if box office results justify as much. Neeson continues run of action roles des moines register. A walk among the tombstones 2014 the movie database. A walk among the tombstones is a 2014 american neonoir crime thriller film written and directed by scott frank, and based on the 1992 novel of the same name by lawrence block. Based on lawrence block s bestselling series of mystery novels, a walk among the tombstones stars liam neeson as matt scudder, an exnypd cop who now works as an unlicensed private investigator operating just outside the law.
This time its a walk among the tombstones, and scott franks atmospheric thriller is a step up from neesons usual shootem ups. A walk among the tombstones also contains excessive foul language and other strong lewd content. But the strength of the film is in its acknowledgment of this. Based on lawrence blocks bestselling series of mystery novels, a walk among the tombstones stars liam neeson as matt. A walk among the tombstones holds ones interest, especially in its first hour, as scudder tries to unravel the killings and the motives for the crimes, but midway, the guilty parties are revealed and the gripping mystery never picks up the pace from there. Released by varese sarabande in 2014 vsd7297 containing music from a walk among the tombstones 2014. A walk among the tombstones 2014 dont feel sorry for me scene 410.
Posted by james brown on saturday, september 20, 2014 under. A walk among the tombstones adapts lawrence blocks novel. A walk among the tombstones liam neeson goes a shade subtler than taken in this wellmade but not always welljudged detective thriller. Watch a walk among the tombstones online 2014 movie yidio. When a series of kidnappings targeting the citys worst drug. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol that our.
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Some people are afraid of all the wrong things overview. A former nypd cop gets in over his head when he helps a heroin trafficker hunt down the men who murdered his wife in a walk. But the man later goes to see him and tells him how his wife was killed. Trailer for a walk among the tombstones based on lawrence blocks bestselling series of mystery novels, a walk among the tombstones stars liam neeson as matt scudder, an exnypd cop who now works as an unlicensed private investigator operating just outside the law. A walk among the tombstones, the sophomore directorial outing of veteran screenwriter scott frank, is almost a good movie. Though its not on the same level as prisoners, its not a bad start. Private investigator matthew scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife. Sep 19, 2014 september 19, 2014 by universal pictures. A walk among the tombstones was released in 2014 on friday, september 19, 2014 in nationwide movie theaters. Many will go into this movie looking to see neeson kicking dudes aes left and right and they may be sorrily disappointed.
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