Film Review: Cold Pursuit
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Cert: 15 cert
Director: Hans Petter Moland
Screenwriter: Frank Baldwin (screenplay), Kim Fupz Aakeson (based on the movie 'Kraftidioten)
Starring: Liam Neeson, Laura Dern, Micheál Richardson, Michael Eklund, Bradley Stryker, Wesley MacInnes, Tom Bateman, Domenick Lombardozzi, Nicholas Holmes, Jim Shield, Aleks Paunovic, Glenn Ennis, Benjamin Hollingsworth, John Doman, Emmy Rossum.
Running time: 1h 59min
Parents advised reading before viewing the film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity: A man is shown in a bathtub and soon, he can be seen lying on the bed shirtless and wearing just a towel.
Many crude references throughout the movie about sexual encounters
Two men begin kissing passionately
A man gets completely nude and uses a single bill to cover his privates while laying on a bed in a motel room. Close-ups of his chest and legs are visible but no intense nudity is shown.
Violence & Gore: There are numerous violent action scenes involving the use of guns and fists. Blood is shown on the faces and bodies of the characters. Many killings, however, are undetailed and off-screen.
Profanity: Some f-words are infrequently used. Frequent use of religious profanity - J**C***, g**amn and more.
Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: Some characters are shown drinking in a few scenes.
There are verbal references to cocaine and a character is shown tearing packets of the drug in one scene.
Several characters are shown smoking cigarettes.
Frightening/Intense Scenes: There is a sequence involving a severed head.
Dead bodies are shown covered in blood in the aftermath of a shootout.
Story: Quiet family man and hard-working snowplough driver Nels is the lifeblood of a glitzy resort town in the Rocky Mountains because he is the one who keeps the winter roads clear. He and his wife live in a comfortable cabin away from the tourists.
The town has just awarded him "Citizen of the Year." But Nels has to leave his quiet mountain life when his son is murdered by a powerful drug lord. As a man who has nothing to lose he is stoked by a drive for vengeance.
This unlikely hero uses his hunting skills and transforms from an ordinary man into a skilled killer as he sets out to dismantle the cartel. Nels' actions ignite a turf war between a manically unpredictable gangster known as Viking and a rival gang boss. Justice is served in one final spectacular confrontation that will leave (almost) no one unscathed.
Likes: Over the year ive pick up a few practical skills, if I find snow I will plough it lol. All kidding aside let be honest here this isnt the normal good film Liam has done over the years, not to say that the film was a disaster as there are a few good moments that were funny and entertaining, it's just the film written for the film felt off in places.
The film is like every other Revenge film where someone gets killed some take vengeance, so you kind of get what this film is about. Liam Nesson does a great job with what he has been given but the film as a whole kind of lets his acting down, as there are a few moments of Awkwardness that play with the pacing of the film.
Although some moment of the film we're funny, I do mean funny, it seems like the director tried to do a Tarantino style film with the way the people are getting bumped off, but doesn't quite pull it off due to certain missing elements.
Not really a lot I can explain about the film really other than it an ok film but not one of his best.
Dislikes: The Awkward silent moments in the film I felt ruin the flow of the film, pulled
the film pacing down which make this film really awkward to watch, apart for that there was a few flaws and dumb moments not really a film I would watch again.
Overall: Average movie not one of his best.
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Entertainment / 6.2 out of 10 for the concept
Cert: 15 cert
Director: Hans Petter Moland
Screenwriter: Frank Baldwin (screenplay), Kim Fupz Aakeson (based on the movie 'Kraftidioten)
Starring: Liam Neeson, Laura Dern, Micheál Richardson, Michael Eklund, Bradley Stryker, Wesley MacInnes, Tom Bateman, Domenick Lombardozzi, Nicholas Holmes, Jim Shield, Aleks Paunovic, Glenn Ennis, Benjamin Hollingsworth, John Doman, Emmy Rossum.
Running time: 1h 59min
Parents advised reading before viewing the film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity: A man is shown in a bathtub and soon, he can be seen lying on the bed shirtless and wearing just a towel.
Many crude references throughout the movie about sexual encounters
Two men begin kissing passionately
A man gets completely nude and uses a single bill to cover his privates while laying on a bed in a motel room. Close-ups of his chest and legs are visible but no intense nudity is shown.
Violence & Gore: There are numerous violent action scenes involving the use of guns and fists. Blood is shown on the faces and bodies of the characters. Many killings, however, are undetailed and off-screen.
Profanity: Some f-words are infrequently used. Frequent use of religious profanity - J**C***, g**amn and more.
Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: Some characters are shown drinking in a few scenes.
There are verbal references to cocaine and a character is shown tearing packets of the drug in one scene.
Several characters are shown smoking cigarettes.
Frightening/Intense Scenes: There is a sequence involving a severed head.
Dead bodies are shown covered in blood in the aftermath of a shootout.
Story: Quiet family man and hard-working snowplough driver Nels is the lifeblood of a glitzy resort town in the Rocky Mountains because he is the one who keeps the winter roads clear. He and his wife live in a comfortable cabin away from the tourists.
The town has just awarded him "Citizen of the Year." But Nels has to leave his quiet mountain life when his son is murdered by a powerful drug lord. As a man who has nothing to lose he is stoked by a drive for vengeance.
This unlikely hero uses his hunting skills and transforms from an ordinary man into a skilled killer as he sets out to dismantle the cartel. Nels' actions ignite a turf war between a manically unpredictable gangster known as Viking and a rival gang boss. Justice is served in one final spectacular confrontation that will leave (almost) no one unscathed.
Likes: Over the year ive pick up a few practical skills, if I find snow I will plough it lol. All kidding aside let be honest here this isnt the normal good film Liam has done over the years, not to say that the film was a disaster as there are a few good moments that were funny and entertaining, it's just the film written for the film felt off in places.
The film is like every other Revenge film where someone gets killed some take vengeance, so you kind of get what this film is about. Liam Nesson does a great job with what he has been given but the film as a whole kind of lets his acting down, as there are a few moments of Awkwardness that play with the pacing of the film.
Although some moment of the film we're funny, I do mean funny, it seems like the director tried to do a Tarantino style film with the way the people are getting bumped off, but doesn't quite pull it off due to certain missing elements.
Not really a lot I can explain about the film really other than it an ok film but not one of his best.
Dislikes: The Awkward silent moments in the film I felt ruin the flow of the film, pulled
the film pacing down which make this film really awkward to watch, apart for that there was a few flaws and dumb moments not really a film I would watch again.
Overall: Average movie not one of his best.
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Entertainment / 6.2 out of 10 for the concept
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