You’ve Had a Good Run, Liam Neeson
In Retribution, the septuagenarian plays a man stuck in a vehicle he can’t escape—an apt metaphor for his late-career pivot to action films.
by David Sims
Aug 25, 2023
3 minutes
About 15 years ago, Liam Neeson picked up a cellphone and growled a haunting, threatening monologue that changed the course of his career. Playing the hardened ex-CIA agent Bryan Mills in the movie , Neeson warned the men who’d kidnapped his teenage daughter about his “very particular set of skills, skills I have acquired over a very long career, skills that make me a nightmare for people like you.” It was the beginning of a surprising renaissance for the esteemed actor. In his mid-50s, he became an action star, headlining a
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