Movie Review
Blacklight, Leeson's second collaboration with director Mark Williams after Honest Thief, is another film that amounts to a budget microwave meal. And by that I mean a poorly made, mostly tasteless piece of garbage with almost no redeeming value.
Neeson Role
In it, Neeson plays Travis Block, an FBI freelancer who takes out undercover agents when they run into trouble. Despite this silly character name, so far so good.
The prospect of Neeson using a special set of skills to rescue agents from dangerous situations is a better idea than the film, but what we get is a generic thriller about the dark goings on at the FBI and Neeson's attempts to uncover corruption. located inside the office.
“Looking back, I suspect I made a bad career choice,” Block says at one point, and I can imagine Neeson echoing that sentiment when he delivers the line. The character he plays is a devoted father and grandfather, not unlike Brian Mills, the ex-Secret Service Agent he played in Taken. He also suffers from OCD, an attempt by the screenwriter to give him a sort of Achilles' heel, but the disorder rarely plays a role in the main story of the plot.
These elements alone cause déjà vu, and if Neeson had paid more attention to the script when he read it, he might have backed out of this disastrous film early.
Then again, you're probably not coming to this movie for originality. Chances are, you'll be here for the thrilling car chases, winged fight scenes, and thrilling moments of derring-do. That's at least what the trailer promises, and if you're familiar with Neeson's other action movie roles, you'll expect more. Unfortunately, you will be disappointed.
While there's a good chase scene involving a garbage truck (ironic because this movie is garbage), there's nothing else to get the pulse racing. Yes, there are hand-to-hand combat scenes and gunfights, but they're boringly shot.
Conspiracy Thriller
Story-wise, the film harkens back to the conspiracy thrillers of yesteryear. But while Three Days of the Condor , The Manchurian Candidate and Bourne are tense and well-directed, this tired effort stumbles with less tension than the broken YoYo . You'll yawn at the predictability of everything as the film follows plot points you've seen before. Here's a quick summary
Do you know? As audience members, we are well used to these kinds of story beats in the action thrillers we settle in to watch. But isn't it time we were treated with less hate? Of course, if Blacklight had decent action scenes, at least one surprising plot twist, and cracking performances from the cast, the overall plot could be forgiven.
Unfortunately, apart from the garbage truck chase, there's nothing to recommend it. Simply put, this movie is as terrible as the B-movie garbage that Steven Seagal plays 20 times a year.
Disappointing
It's disappointing that this movie is so bad because Neeson has starred in some decent thrillers over the past few years. The first Taken movie was pretty good, Cold Pursuit was a lot of fun, and Non-Stop was delightfully bad.
But then he starred in films like The Marksman and the aforementioned Honest Thief, which were not at all worthy of his talent. He has several other films on the way, two of which – Memory and Revenge – also seem to be banking on his status as an aging action hero. For all I know, they might be future classics, but they might still be as bad as Blacklight and all the other bad action movies Neeson starred in. watch this movie.
You won't be entertained, but if you're willing to tick off every title in Neeson's filmography, you'll at least tame your OCD. But if you're someone who enjoys a good thriller, especially one that has exciting stunt work and story surprises at every turn, you'll be disappointed.
Worst Movie
Blacklight is one of the worst movies of recent times and definitely Neeson's weakest movie to date. Do yourself a favor and rewatch Taken or The Bourne Ultimatum instead.
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