Post by Rob W. Case on Mar 12, 2018 22:58:14 GMT -6
The Story:
Meet Michael McCauley (Liam Neeson) an insurance salesman whose routine is pretty much the “same old same old, different day” with a few minor surprises here and there. He goes to the train station, goes to work, and then comes home. One day that all ends when he finds out that he is being laid off. Uncertain about what is next, and thinking about his career prospects at his age, along with having two mortgages that needs to be paid off, his son’s college expenses, and wondering how he will explain it all to his wife, he is confronted by a mysterious woman on the train named Joanna (Vera Farmiga), who sits by him and asks him some odd questions. Joanna tells Michael that there are 16 personality types and asks him what kind of person he is? After that, she offers him a “hypothetical” scenario for which he starts to think. Joanna then offers him a proposition. Joanna tells Michael that there is a passenger that does not belong on the train and that there is $75,000 hidden in the bathroom waiting for him if he can identify the person. He has until the next stop to decide. And so, after McCauley goes into the bathroom and removes the cash, things immediately begin to go downhill from there.
With the cash being taken, McCauley finds himself bound and obligated to complete the assignment, and with each attempt to try and get out of doing it, it reaps deadly consequences that digs him deeper and deeper into his obligation until people end up dead, him being attacked by random people on the train, and substantiated threats being made by Joanna against the lives of his wife Karen (Elizabeth McGovern) and son, Danny (Dean-Charles Chapman). Eventually one thing leads to another, and the movie encounters some twists and turns that results in an ultimate twist and a very suspenseful climax.
My Take:
I really enjoyed this movie on a variety of fronts. The film keeps you interested and engaged as each scene unfolds, and you as the viewer, are just as confused about what’s going on as the character is. One of the things I like about this movie is that assumptions are built at the beginning of the film in your mind based on the perceptions of the characters. Then things shift, and things are not quite as they seem. The only thing I didn’t like about this movie were some of the action scenes which were a little too far-fetched for the reality aspect, but was Hollywood style “swashbuckling.” For example, nobody is going to be hit super hard in the face with an electric guitar and just bounce back from that. All in all though, I really liked this movie.
Out of 4 stars, I give The Commuter 3 stars.
The movie is rated PG-13 and runs 1 hour and 45 minutes.
To view a trailer for the film, please click on the “Play” button below.
The Commuter is currently in theaters and will be released on DVD/Blu-ray April 17th.
Meet Michael McCauley (Liam Neeson) an insurance salesman whose routine is pretty much the “same old same old, different day” with a few minor surprises here and there. He goes to the train station, goes to work, and then comes home. One day that all ends when he finds out that he is being laid off. Uncertain about what is next, and thinking about his career prospects at his age, along with having two mortgages that needs to be paid off, his son’s college expenses, and wondering how he will explain it all to his wife, he is confronted by a mysterious woman on the train named Joanna (Vera Farmiga), who sits by him and asks him some odd questions. Joanna tells Michael that there are 16 personality types and asks him what kind of person he is? After that, she offers him a “hypothetical” scenario for which he starts to think. Joanna then offers him a proposition. Joanna tells Michael that there is a passenger that does not belong on the train and that there is $75,000 hidden in the bathroom waiting for him if he can identify the person. He has until the next stop to decide. And so, after McCauley goes into the bathroom and removes the cash, things immediately begin to go downhill from there.
With the cash being taken, McCauley finds himself bound and obligated to complete the assignment, and with each attempt to try and get out of doing it, it reaps deadly consequences that digs him deeper and deeper into his obligation until people end up dead, him being attacked by random people on the train, and substantiated threats being made by Joanna against the lives of his wife Karen (Elizabeth McGovern) and son, Danny (Dean-Charles Chapman). Eventually one thing leads to another, and the movie encounters some twists and turns that results in an ultimate twist and a very suspenseful climax.
My Take:
I really enjoyed this movie on a variety of fronts. The film keeps you interested and engaged as each scene unfolds, and you as the viewer, are just as confused about what’s going on as the character is. One of the things I like about this movie is that assumptions are built at the beginning of the film in your mind based on the perceptions of the characters. Then things shift, and things are not quite as they seem. The only thing I didn’t like about this movie were some of the action scenes which were a little too far-fetched for the reality aspect, but was Hollywood style “swashbuckling.” For example, nobody is going to be hit super hard in the face with an electric guitar and just bounce back from that. All in all though, I really liked this movie.
Out of 4 stars, I give The Commuter 3 stars.
The movie is rated PG-13 and runs 1 hour and 45 minutes.
To view a trailer for the film, please click on the “Play” button below.
The Commuter is currently in theaters and will be released on DVD/Blu-ray April 17th.