Up In The Air
Film: Non-Stop
Cast: Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore
Directed by: Jaume Collet-Serra
Duration: 1 hr 46 mins
Rating: * * *
Non-Stop is one of those Hollywood thrillers that keeps you engrossed through its
running time. A hijacking has made for some good entertainers over the years
and Non-Stop builds up the tension, suspense very well and manages to keep the
tempo up, till the last act.
Liam Neeson plays a U.S. air
marshal who is going through a personal crisis. His daughter died at a young
age, his wife left him and he has hit the bottle. While on duty on board a New
York London flight he receives a text message via the planes wifi network.
Deposit $150 million or someone will die on the plane in 20 minutes. Lo and
behold, an unexpected death does occur and the cat and mouse game begins.
He keeps getting those messages
giving him instructions while he tries to unravel the mystery as to which
passenger might be the culprit. Julianne Moore plays a co-passenger who lends
him a helping hand but even she is not above board.
With a simple plot, the build up
is pretty strong but you do get the sense mid way that the final revelation may
not live up to the expectation because the hole that is dug is too deep.
Nevertheless, if you can ignore the last lap, this flight has sufficient
tension to keep you hooked.
Even though we don’t associate
him much with action movies, it helps that Liam Neeson is playing main character.
For a man who is caught in a quandary, he is first rate. As an entertainer, the
film is not too bad either.
Published in The Navhind Times on 2nd March 2014
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