{"id":152690,"date":"2021-01-12T19:00:50","date_gmt":"2021-01-12T16:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/liam-neeson-aims-for-the-heart-film\/"},"modified":"2021-01-12T19:00:50","modified_gmt":"2021-01-12T16:00:50","slug":"liam-neeson-aims-for-the-heart-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/liam-neeson-aims-for-the-heart-film\/","title":{"rendered":"#Liam Neeson Aims for the Heart \u2013 \/Film"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Liam Neeson Aims for the Heart \u2013 \/Film<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s not a good time for much, but weirdly enough, it is a very good time to be a Liam Neeson<\/strong> fan. While DC-heads just had to watch its latest offering on their televisions and Marvel-stans don\u2019t <\/span>really<\/span><\/i> know when they\u2019re likely to see <\/span>Black Widow, <\/span><\/i>Liam Neeson has starred in not one, but two theatrical offerings during the pandemic: first the generic and boring <\/span>Honest Thief <\/span><\/i>and now the much better but still pretty generic <\/span>The Marksman<\/i><\/strong>. Congrats to you, if your favorite films involve grizzled Irish tough guys with huge hearts of gold.<\/span><\/p>\n

And even if you\u2019re tired of this fare, you could do a lot worse than get stuck watching <\/span>The Marksman<\/span><\/i>. The film involves a road trip<\/a> of sorts, featuring Liam Neeson as a cowboy protecting an immigrant boy on the run from a drug cartel. Their trip from Arizona to Chicago should be simple enough, but an untrustworthy truck and a ton of movie coincidences favoring the villains keep their arrival in suspense right up until the bloody end, especially if you\u2019ve never seen a movie before.<\/span>
\nAside from its occasional bursts of violence, however, <\/span>The Marksman<\/span><\/i> offers a relaxing ride. The boy seems genuinely tough, not too precocious. Neeson\u2019s character has a classic cute movie dog. They eat at restaurants and discuss Chicago hotdogs and general<\/a>ly bond in a way that feels earned. At one point, Neeson teaches the kid to shoot a gun. Stuff like that.<\/span><\/p>\n

Measured against other films, there isn\u2019t much here, but that\u2019s also by design. These movies<\/a> are meant to pop up one day, only to become interchangeable with the sea of other Liam Neeson films soon after. They might as well not have titles. When they do, it\u2019s best if they broadly describe Neeson\u2019s character: \u201cOh, he\u2019s a marksman in this one. Here\u2019s one where he\u2019s an honest thief.\u201d As such, it\u2019s better to compare them with each other rather than the slew of other films that might come out each calendar year.<\/span><\/p>\n

This one has a bit more character than normal. It\u2019s PG-13, but it makes sure to grab its F-Bomb. The film smartly condenses the cartel hunting Neeson and the kid to one main tough-guy. He\u2019s not on that <\/span>The Counselor<\/span><\/i>-tier of gritty realism, but he\u2019s mean enough to feel serious. And he has a genuine axe to grind since Neeson kills his brother in the film\u2019s opening incident of marksmanship.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Neeson himself plays a guy named Jim Hanson. This character is a lot of things: a Vietnam vet, a widower, an alcoholic, someone economically destroyed by America\u2019s brutal healthcare system. Few of these character quirks come into direct play. You\u2019d expect his drinking problem to eventually become a big deal, but it never really does. It\u2019s just window dressing. He\u2019s not riddled with guilt or seeking redemption or anything, just sad and old and broke, waiting around to finally die. These films frequently try to make Neeson too perfect. The <\/span>Taken<\/span><\/i> series, for instance, was way too interested in making him the world\u2019s greatest (absent) dad. The problem is affection-seeking dads to adult children are kind of lame. Here he has an adult step-kid and she spends most of her time taking care of <\/span>him<\/span><\/i>. It\u2019s way better to watch him bond with a child over time because it means he can start rough and grow softer from there. It also helps that <\/span>The Marksman<\/span><\/i> cribs from the Western suite of action tropes. He can be noble and teach a kid to shoot a pistol at the same time. Jim Hanson isn\u2019t perfect. He\u2019s not good at much. He\u2019s talented at sniping but he doesn\u2019t even do that very often.<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite touching upon illegal immigration, <\/span>The Marksman<\/span><\/i> doesn\u2019t take a strong political stance, so don\u2019t come for any sort of polemic on the issue. Hanson snitches on illegal immigrants he sees, but he\u2019s compassionate enough to call an ambulance for one in need of medical attention. The film does have obvious sympathies for the mother and son running to America solely to save their own lives, and portrays nearly every authority figure near the border as corrupt. Meanwhile, Jim Hanson\u2019s experience as a typically upstanding, hardworking American who fought for his country, yet got crushed under the boot heel of economic oppression does position him as a bit of a lapsed Republican, someone who made sure no one was peeking when he checked the box for Biden. But, like his alcoholism, it\u2019s more window dressing than anything the film directly utilizes or comments upon.<\/span>
\nIf you watch enough of these films, one can easily forget Neeson\u2019s ability to do challenging work. Here, he\u2019s just kind of coasting. There\u2019s a vague attempt at an accent early on, but it doesn\u2019t stick. He only gives us one good \u201cY\u2019all\u201d and it\u2019s just as awkward as that sounds. Neeson spends most of the film just being Liam Neeson. That\u2019s okay because Liam Neeson is a cool guy to be. On stature and performance alone, he\u2019s still one of <\/span>Star Wars<\/span><\/i>\u2019 most interesting Jedi, for instance. He\u2019s a movie star for a very good reason. And <\/span>The Marksman<\/span><\/i> makes better use of him than these films normally do. Nevertheless, it lacks vitality or distinction enough to set it above other Liam Neeson action films. You know what you\u2019re getting into as soon as it starts. Ultimately, <\/span>The Marksman<\/span><\/i> hits its generic target. It is the kind of film you watch on accident more than seek out, but you probably won\u2019t regret the accident.<\/span><\/p>\n

\/Film Rating: 6 out of 10<\/strong><\/p>\n

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