Run All Night

Liam Neeson stars in this action-packed saga of an aging enforcer for the Brooklyn mob, a tough guy once known as The Gravedigger. “I've done some terrible things in my life,” admits conscience-stricken Jimmy Conlon (Neeson), an alcoholic loner whose estranged son Mike (Joel Kinnaman) is a family man with two daughters and a third child on the way. Jimmy's only friend is his ruthless boss, Shawn Maguire (Ed Harris)—the pair grew up together, although Shawn is now rich, respectable, and ready to retire. Working as a limo driver, Mike is an innocent bystander when Shawn's cokehead son Danny (Boyd Holbrook) commits a reckless drug-related murder and then is killed in a subsequent shootout. Shawn blames Jimmy, who is now forced to go on the run with Mike from corrupt NYPD cops, Albanian gangsters, and Shawn's hired hit-man (hip-hop artist Common). Vincent D'Onofrio appears as a homicide detective who has spent the past 30 years trying to put Jimmy behind bars for various crimes, and grizzled Nick Nolte plays Jimmy's brother, another professional killer. Filmmaker Jaume Collet-Sera's gritty, fast-paced formulaic film unfolds over the course of a single night. But you will have forgotten it by the next day. Optional. [Note: DVD/Blu-ray extras include deleted scenes (17 min.), and trailers. Exclusive to the Blu-ray release are the behind-the-scenes featurettes “Shoot All Night” (11 min.) and “Liam Nesson: Action All Night” (6 min.), and bonus DVD and UltraViolet copies of the film. Bottom line: a solid extras package for an unremarkable action flick.] (S. Granger)