Truth be told, Matt didnt want anything to do with this mess. A headshot spouts blood all over a cars windshield. He regularly has a cigarette in his mouth. Theyre not working for Pete, though: We see him stoned with a bag of drugs in his hand. Jonas. 2014 | Maturity Rating: 16+ | 1h 54m | Thriller Movies. He only half-succeeds it is sentimental but it helps that Bradley has a hard, unbeatific face, and that the movie needs his bopping energy. Liam Neeson stars in A Walk Among the Tombstones, an action-thriller based on Lawrence Block's bestselling series of mystery novels. Blurring the lines between right and wrong, Scudder races to track the deviants through the backstreets of New York City before they kill again. Hmmm. Liam Neeson brilliant as Scudder, Scott Frank script and direction tops. Albert simply kills him instead. Its a nice undercurrent to a very grim story, and one sorely missed in the film. [16][17] It debuted at number two at the box office on its opening weekend earning $13.1 million behind The Maze Runner ($32.5 million). Director Scott Frank Writers Lawrence Block (based on the novel by) Scott Frank (written for the screen by) Stars Liam Neeson Dan Stevens David Harbour See production, box office & company info Watch on Netflix with subscription Why did they do that lady wrong and steal her files? *Sorry, there was a problem signing you up. Drake, Usher, and Burna Boy to Headline J. Coles Dreamville Festival. Based on Lawrence Block's bestselling series of mystery novels, A Walk among the Tombstones stars Liam Neeson as Matt Scudder, an ex-NYPD cop who now works as an unlicensed private investigator operating just outside the law. A Walk Among the Tombstones: Official Clip - Morning Shootout, A Walk Among the Tombstones: Official Clip - A Sudden Strangling, A Walk Among the Tombstones: Official Clip - Kenny's Story, A Walk Among the Tombstones: Official Clip - Your Choice, A Walk Among the Tombstones: Official Clip - Silent Kill, A Walk Among the Tombstones: Official Clip - The Exchange, A Walk Among the Tombstones: Official Clip - Setting Up the Meeting, A Walk Among the Tombstones: Official Clip - Don't Feel Sorry for Me, A Walk Among the Tombstones: Official Clip - Shoot Yourself in the Head, A Walk Among the Tombstones: Official Clip - The Kidnapping. Maybe I missed something. He reads about victims Marie Gotteskind and Leila Andresen. All Rights Reserved. He had conspired to take Leila away from Reuben, who is a drug dealer, and help her stop using drugs. Kenan Khoury survives in the book, but Kenny Kristo is killed in the movie, being shot, Ray asks his brother Albert to treat his wounds. [14] On January 30, 2014, it was announced the film would be released on September 19, 2014. His actions, by movies end, indicate that he might even be taking on more of a parental role with the teen. A Walk Among the Tombstones isnt a kill-em-all Taken-style actioner. i really liked it overal, it gave a bit of a gran torino vibe in the best possible way, the song during the credit's black hole sun really suited the atmosphere. [10], Filming began on March 3, 2013 in New York City. [4], The film earned $428,000 from Thursday night from 1,918 theaters, and $4.7 million from 2,712 theaters on its opening day. He is asked by a drug dealer to find the men who kidnapped his wife. Related: Taken 4 Updates: Will The Liam Neeson Sequel Happen? I really liked how disconnected the killers were from emotion. We also hear a handful each of a and bch. Christs name is abused once or twice. Whats there now is not just different from the novel, it also features a recitation woven through the action of all 12 AA steps, which just seems weird. Across the street, Scudder sees Loogan exiting an apartment building. Im glad they left T.J. out of the trailers, though. The film is largely faithful to the core story of the novel, while cutting several subplots and supporting characters. R (Disturbing Images|Brief Nudity|Language|Strong Violence), Crime, It made me HATE the villains though, so they did a great job of that. Slim, blond types (one bland, the other goateed), they recall the gay Nazi-like killers in Michael Haneke's American remake of his sadistic art-movie Funny Games. In the book, this particular investigation leads him to seriously think about what Elaine means to him and whether not hes still comfortable with her seeing clients, something he didnt mind before. Scudder shoots one, pursues and kills the second assailant, and the getaway driver. He looks terrific in his heavy coat with the collar turned up as he walks around Green-Wood Cemetery, where pieces of a body turned up its as if his whole life is lived among tombstones. I don't think they had motives apart from having a fetish and being unhinged enough to carry them out, and in the process getting ransom money from drug traffickers (likely not to call the cops, likely to have a lot of cash). But after that, the movie settles into a more adult drama groove. The thing to remember about Block and Scudder is that alcohol and Alcoholics Anonymous are central. 15 Warm-Weather Movies to Stream While Youre Snowed In. He tells TJ that carrying a gun on the street is the same as putting it to his own forehead and pulling the trigger. Asshole Victim: No one sheds any tears when Albert murders him out of sheer petulance. Former cop Matt Scudder is now a private eye. Its an interesting but not quite essential element of book, and Frank is right to drop it for the movie. ASTRO will continue on as a five member K-Pop group. Block has talked openly about his decades-long attendance, and Scudder is always taking breaks from detective work to pop into meetings. My book's in good hands. Based on an article, Scudder goes to a cemetery and speaks with a groundskeeper, Jonas Loogan, upset that Scudder reminds him of finding trash bags with body parts of the dismembered Leila in the cemetery pond. Next: The Grey Ending Explained: Who Wins Liam Neeson's Wolf Fight. The Story And Setting Drug dealer Kenny Kristo (Dan Stevens, The Guest) and his brother Pete (Boyd Holbrook) were Lebanese in the novel and whereas the movie ends with both men dead - with Pete dying during the graveyard shootout and Kenny being murdered offscreen - the book plays out much differently. (Hes equally effective in the coming The Equalizer.) After a desperate struggle, Scudder shoots Albert in the head without trying to take him prisoner. A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014) Plot Showing all 4 items Jump to: Summaries (3) Synopsis (1) Summaries Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife. But I could have lived with that. His transformation throughout the movie was cool, too. The expanded two-day event includes Ari Lennox and GloRilla. Ray is a smug sadist while Albert is an emotionless sociopath. The camera also examines photographs of a topless woman who is in the middle of having sex. Liam Neeson, astute gentleman, legendary Jedi, and assassin who can hunt anyone down who takes his family. Its tense, its moody and prickly, and its ultimately bloody and grim and deadly. Matt Scudder. At any rate, in Blocks book, TJ is someone Scudder has known for a while already, a homeless kid who can get the kind of information that sometimes the PI cant or doesnt know how to obtain. It's the reason he quit being a cop and gave up drinking. But now it's safe to tell you that, ever since I saw him in Michael Collins, Neeson has been up at the top of my personal Scudder wish list. Scudder's attendance at AA meetings was a bigger part of the novel, while the movie shows the first meeting between the ex-cop and his young friend/assistant TJ, but in the novels, he was introduced in an earlier book. One of the key relationships Scudder has is with Elaine Mardell, a professional working girl for over two decades, who he met on the job. (He also tithes a percentage of his fees to various churches.) People are afraid of all the wrong things. Scudder researches similar killings at a public library. Scudder eventually learns that the victim Marie Gotteskind was a DEA agent and determines that whoever murdered her also has her files, which they have been using to target drug dealers and traffickers. Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife. He did it as an unhinged dad in "Taken," as a surly air marshal in "Non-Stop" and now as a haunted ex-cop in "Tombstones.". While the streetwise TJ (Astro) does appear in the film, the character is presented as someone Scudder happens to come across while doing research at the library. Action, RT Podcast: Ep. Albert inspects the money and discovers some were counterfeit. Coming Soon. Nothing more, nothing less. He is asked by a drug dealer to find the men who kidnapped his wife. Once Scudder questions him and he tells Scudder what happened, he's worried they'll find out and do the same to him as they did to their victims. And in watching the film this past weekend, you can clearly see Franks moves to make Tombstones an action movie, while keeping the thematic texture and pulp grit of Blocks source material. We see their body parts, wrapped in plastic and paper, in the back of a car, in a dumpster, on the grounds of a graveyard and floating in a pond. I really enjoyed this film and think its one of Liam Neeson's best in years. He had his problems, and when they showed how the little girl died, that made it seem more real. Throughout the book series, including Tombstone, Scudder is hitting meetings almost on a daily basis. And we see them use some of them. I enjoyed the movie quite a bit. He does favorsdeliveries and little look-seesfor folks who need him. I just think that he is being pigeonholed, and I don't like it. That's the problem with A Walk Among the Tombstones: Ray and Albert are gay bogeymen who can be hissed and booed without thinking. Taken 4 Updates: Will The Liam Neeson Sequel Happen? Or booze. After Albert and Ray arrive at their place, TJ sneaks out of the van. Its an interesting look at the process and adaptation, but warning: spoilers ahead. It was the combination that turned him into this. A movie version of A Walk Among The Tombstones had been in development for years before the Scott Frank directed version, with Harrison Ford once in line to play the role. Blood covers a kitchen floor and walls, and somebody bleeds out on a stairway. So the changes made by Frank are understandable in that context, but they also make Scudder a less complex, more singularly driven man. I kept wondering what that could've been. Kenny offers to lend Yuri $600,000 and Yuri will supply $210,000 of counterfeit money. Ray And Albert. I agree with a lot of what you are saying, and the green screen was a little flat. This was probably inevitable. In Blocks version, Ray (David Harbour) calmly garrottes his partner before Scudder and his pals get there. Theyre grinning kidnappers of women who take the ransom and then return their victims, as agreed only lovingly cut into small pieces. Kenny knocks Albert unconscious with a bottle. Albert suddenly tries to strangle him from behind with a metal wire. 2014 movie based on the book of the same name by Lawrence Block. Kenny drinks hard liquor as well. But his sentiment certainly doesnt put the brakes on all the bloodletting in this film. Kenny wants to kill him but Scudder talks him down, seeing how TJ is in the room and is watching everything. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a rating of 65%, based on 144 reviews, with an average rating of 6.2/10.The site's consensus reads, "A Walk Among the Tombstones doesn't entirely transcend its genre clichs, but it does offer Liam Neeson one of his more compelling roles in recent memory, and that's often enough." As he sloshes through the refuse in the steaming gutters of New York, hed rather be talking to witnesses and untangling the threads of a nasty killing spree than starting one. He sees polaroid photos of Reuben and Leila having sex. Former cop Matt Scudder is now a private eye. The movie ends on a more hopeful note than the novel, with Matt coming back from killing Albert to see TJ asleep and having drawn a version of himself as a superhero with a sickle emblem on his outfit - a reference to his sickle cell anemia. Demme's films are proof that the best movies--and real works of art--don't simplify life to heroes and villains. One of his stray bullets "took a bad hop" and hit a 7-year-old girl in the eye, instantly killing her. Neeson turns in a solid performance, backed by a good supporting cast that features Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey) as a sympathetic drug trafficker and a couple of really vicious bad guys. On the way home I realized I didn't really understand the motives of the bad guys. A very well made crime thriller. 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Own it Now on Blu-ray, DVD & Digital HD Block has all the freedom in the world on the page that Frank doesnt have on the screen, and so wed say the writer/director did the best he could with what were likely some stringent parameters and expectations he had to hit. All rights reserved. Because this is actually more of a gumshoe investigators tale, a gritty cop-turned-unlicensed-detective story (based on a rough-and-tumble Lawrence Block novel). Scudder leaves Kenny alone with Albert while he puts TJ in a taxi to his apartment. Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! After a table-turning fight, Scudder overpowers and tasers Albert. Even though they live and kill together, they don't care for each other as shown when Albert murders the grievously wounded Ray, then calmly goes upstairs to eat dinner before cleaning up and moving on. Sign up for our Email Newsletters here. Deadpan Snarker: When Scudder remarks that the duo cut Yuri's daughter's fingers, he dryly and mockingly responds they did so before a deal had . Figured they go back to their house, or wherever they gone go, an when we got there, I just slip out an call you up an tell you where Im at. A drug kingpin hires troubled ex-cop Matt Scudder to find his wife's killers, a hunt that leads to shocking revelations in New York's underworld. You\'ll receive the next newsletter in your inbox. Steve McQueen has created a new genre: Hate Noir. Albert manages to mumble "Y'know, I just wanted to-" before Matthew shoots him dead. When a drug dealer's 14-year-old daughter is also kidnapped, Scudder heads a group to rescue her. Albert and Ray escape in their van, with TJ hiding in the back. 6. When Scudder reluctantly agrees to help a heroin trafficker (Dan Stevens) hunt down the men who kidnapped and then brutally murdered his wife, the PI learns that this is not the first time these men have committed this sort of twisted crimenor will it be the last. Kenny reluctantly agrees. Meanwhile, when it comes to drug trafficker Kenny Kristo (Dan Stevens) and his brother Pete (Boyd Holbrook), the wedge between them that ones successful, while the other is a junkie is the same, but changed for the film in a key way. A shootout ensues. A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014) Plot Showing all 4 items Jump to: Summaries (3) Synopsis (1) Summaries Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife. I enjoyed it, but the ending felt a little flat. Indeed, the bad guys display all manner of bloody tools and blades that they use to maim, torture and kill. I couldn't be happier about either the star or the writer/director, both of them genuine artists and brilliant professionals. Shes dead. In the book, Scudder leaves and Kenny enacts his revenge alone, blinding and dismembering Ray - who killed Albert in this version - but leaving him alive, though he later dies in hospital. Hes a trudger. But hes wondering if hell ever make it to nine, what with this crazy case hes on. They demand $1 million, and in exchange, Scudder demand that they bring Lucia alive and well. However he changes his mind and goes back, which is just as well, as Albert has escaped his bonds. Maybe hes genetically driven to do what good cops, sober cops, just naturally do: help people. I think you're talking about when Ray claimed he killed the wife because Kenny negotiated on the price. He goes up into the rooftop and finds a shed, where Loogan is living. Get The Latest IndieWire Alerts And Newsletters Delivered Directly To Your Inbox. (Though Frank adds the detail of the duo also selling videotapes of their deeds to the snuff film circuit, with lafur Darri lafssons cemetery worker acting as a narrative clue shortcut). Your AMC Ticket Confirmation# can be found in your order confirmation email. But its also easy to see why those scenes were removed, as for most of Tombstones, Mick is out of the country in (where else?) The trailers did kind of spoil a bit. I agree on the green screen, it was weak. Once we get to know him, we realize that Matt is indeed a good guy who regrets and constantly works to atone for his bad past. Yet Hollywood seems to focus on the latter, not deviating from the stoic man who can rip armies of murderers asunder and come out swinging. In fact, after at first leaving a killers fate to vigilante justice, Matt realizes he has to turn back and bring the man to the legal authorities instead. Liam Neeson had a bizarre rebirth as an action star thanks to 2008's Taken, where he played a retired special forces operative who cuts a bloody path through Paris to rescue his kidnapped daughter. I just wished they showed more of the villain's backstory. ", "Box Office: 'Maze Runner' Off To Good Start With $1.1M, 'Tombstones' Takes In $480K Late Night Numbers", "Box Office: 'Maze Runner' Sprints To $11.25M, 30+ Weekend", "Box Office: 'Maze Runner' Races To $32.5M Weekend, Kevin Smith's 'Tusk' Bombs", "Box Office FINAL: 'Maze Runner' Finds $32.5M; Liam's 'Walk' Limps In With $12.7M; 'Where I Leave You,' $11.5M", "Film Review:'A Walk Among the Tombstones', https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A_Walk_Among_the_Tombstones_(film)&oldid=1142235352, Rotten Tomatoes template using name parameter, Articles with MusicBrainz release group identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 1 March 2023, at 07:11. Before they can strike again and destroy other lives, Scudder races through the back streets of New York to catch the killers, blurring the lines between lawful and criminal as he goes. By submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy and to receive email correspondence from us. The Best Picture Race Got a Lot More Confusing This Week, Tom Cruise Made the Rounds This Week, but Other Oscar Nominees Got More Applause Than Top Gun: Maverick, These Oscar Categories Are the Hardest to Predict, Translating the Unconscious Into Images: The Cinematography of Bardo, Poker Face Takes Viewers on a Cross-Country Road Trip Without Leaving New York, Why TR Looks Different from Every Other Movie of 2022, The 50 Best Movies of 2022, According to 165 Critics from Around the World, All 81 Titles Unceremoniously Removed from HBO Max (So Far), 10 Shows Canceled but Not Forgotten in 2022. Read on to uncover the details. The haunted title of A Walk Among the Tombstones suggests that one's bigoted reflexes are common, lying just beneath the surface. Other notable changes in A Walk Among The Tombstones includes (slightly) updating the setting to 1999. PREVIEW. By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Private Policy and Terms of Use. The bartender is killed by two armed men who enter the room. The films opening flashback sequence (borrowed from Blocks first book in the Scudder series, 1976s The Sins Of The Fathers) with Liam Neesons alcoholic cop Matt Scudder taking down some very bad dudes, complete with slow motion sequences, very much feels like an audience concession (though it provides backstory as well). Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife. She actually survives, though not without losing a finger it turns out that a stray bullet from Scudder killed a young girl. I kept wondering what that could've been. They be putting the money in the trunk an sittin up front, so they aint even gone look in the back. Hes got the eight-year-sober chip in his pocket to prove it. Now I know what it is. [18], On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 68% based on 165 reviews, with an average rating of 6.20/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "A Walk Among the Tombstones doesn't entirely transcend its genre clichs, but it does offer Liam Neeson one of his more compelling roles in recent memory, and that's often enough. But the man later goes to see him and tells him how his wife was killed. Boys beat up TJ in an alley, giving him a black eye and a cut on his forehead. Just below that it reads "Ticket Confirmation#:" followed by a 10-digit number. A Walk Among the Tombstones is a 2014 crime thrillerabout a private investigator who is hired by a drug kingpin to uncover the identities of two sadistic kidnappers who target criminals. Scudder then enters a bar and gets coffee with shots. Sign up for our Email Newsletters here. I think I might have to tell Adam Scott that hes a really big influence to me, as a caterer., Toni Collette Is a Mob Boss Dressed Like a Librarian. And what happens next changes dramatically from Blocks book. I think Kenny did them wrong by paying 400k and not 1mil. It contains a mix of suspense, thriller and neo-noir elements. Based on Lawrence Block's bestselling series of mystery novels, A Walk among the Tombstones stars Liam Neeson as Matt Scudder, an ex-NYPD cop who now works as an unlicensed private. PREVIEW. [22] Manohla Dargis in The New York Times called it "one of those rare cinematic offerings: intelligent pulp" but also noted that the film "can be tough to watch, particularly its fleeting images of tortured women". Maybe Jennifer would have more support if she werent wrong so often. Verified reviews are considered more trustworthy by fellow moviegoers. Ray and Albert (portrayed by David Harbour and Adam David Thompson) are not just the bad guys; they're porn-corrupted boyfriends--evildoers and gynophobic creeps who abduct women then perform mutilations on them before killing them. I'd wager they were out of money (or time) for production but still needed something though, which I'm willing to forgive. Its not quite a guiding force, but it keeps him grounded, particularly in a vocation that exposes him to some abhorrent crimes and people, the kind that would make returning the bottle a very attractive proposition. But the way the movie stands, its as if a vital body part has been lopped off. The pair of villains are mostly the same too, but given a more pronounced presence in the film, to probably set up a better dynamic between them and anti-hero Scudder. And theyd probably keep doing this. Frank and Block are obviously ripping-off the heinous perversity of the Jame Gumb character in Jonathan Demme's 1991 The Silence of the Lambs (which revived the specter of the sexually queer but pathetic monster). Matt Follows Loogan. ; Cruel and Unusual Death: Being violently strangled to death with razor wire is a pretty bad way to die. During a conversation with TJ, Scudder explains why he retired. That was pretty cool. "[19] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 57 out of 100, based on 36 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". However, in Blocks book, Petes pain comes simply from his heroin and alcohol addiction, one that finds him routinely on and off the wagon. Check it out. The one teen girl who survives has several of her fingers chopped off. Matt Follows Loogan. 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