Review of The Commuter

The Commuter marks the fourth film director Jaume Collet-Serra works on with Liam Neeson, the star of this film. Liam Neeson, who plays fired insurance salesman and ex-cop Michael MacCauley must complete a task for Joanna, a mysterious woman who promises 100,000 USD and threatens the safety of Neeson's family. Joanna, played by Vera Farmiga (who also performs in a Collet-Sera directorial, The Orphan) performs gracefully, providing the chilling role necessary for this thriller, despite only physically appearing in two scenes. The performances were mediocre all around, including the star, Liam Neeson. Neeson, whose character was completely twisted by the scripet-writers. Somehow, Neeson's far-too unbelievable character, manages to fend off adversaries a third of his age, as well as possessing twisted morals and luck-lustre emotions. After harrowing scenes of intensity, Neeson's character shrugs it off like a stroll in the park serving as an uninteresting character, unrelateable character; whether this was due to script writing or acting, someone is to blame. The script, written in a group of five, was completely lack-lustre, beginning with an explosion of origins, but slowly fading to ash, with a completely obvious, uninventive finale. Not only that, the moments of what was meant to be "intense" were, in fact, as boring as watching a dog eating.

Not only that, but the fight and action sequences are, completely exaggerated and over-the-top, cutting the last string of reality The Commuter held onto.

This is coming from the same person who loves Mission Impossible.

Watching the film, I felt unhindered having not seen Non-Stop (basically the same film as The Commuter just on a train instead of a plane) so, despite this being a new experience altogether, I still found myself disappointed, over what looked like an intense thriller (judging by the trailer) to your stereotypical thriller.