The Commuter (2018)

IMDb plot summary: An insurance salesman/ex-cop is caught up in a life-threatening conspiracy during his daily commute home.

Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. Stars Liam Neeson, Vera Farmiga, and Patrick Wilson.

The Commuter stars Liam Neeson as an insurance salesman who’s blackmailed during his daily train ride. His task: to identify a mysterious passenger before the last stop. It's a fun high-concept, one-location thriller setup. But it's also one of those generic Neeson action movies that seem to come out every six months, and while the premise got us halfway to being a good movie, the execution never quite gets there. The acting is weak across the board, with even reliable performers like Vera Farmiga feeling stuff, and the plot twists range from implausible to flat-out ludicrous. Still, if you’re willing to turn your brain completely off, there’s some goofy entertainment in watching Neeson problem-solve his way through the train. It’s not good, but it’s not terrible either. It's just a silly, disposable thriller that I will immediately forget I saw.

How it entered my Flickchart:

🎥 The Commuter (2018)

📊 Ranked #2342/4076 on my Flickchart

🎯 Flickscore™: 42

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