One of the highest-ratedactionthrillers in the repertoire ofLiam Neesonhas walked its way to success on a new streaming home. The Academy Award nominee has now carved out a legacy as the go-to aged action hero (so much so that he will nowparody this persona inThe Naked Gun), and while not all of his action efforts have hit as hard asTaken, when they do hit, they hit pretty damn hard.
In fact, this particular one hits so hard that it will leave a bloody imprint on your face that reads “Hey! This action movie is ranked even higher than Taken.” Leaving this violent metaphor behind, the movie in question is Liam Neeson’s 2014 neo-noir action thriller,A Walk Among The Tombstones, which has been climbing the streaming charts as fans flock to watch the actor utilize his particular set of skills once again.
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Directed and written by Scott Frank, who would go on to co-write the critically acclaimedX-MenoutingLoganalongside James Mangold and Michael Green, and based on the 1992 novel of the same name by Lawrence Block,A Walk Among The Tombstonesis now climbing the charts onParamount+, standing proudly alongside the likes of Mel Gibson’sThe Patriot, the hit action blockbusterTop Gun: Maverick,and runaway action comedy hitNovocaine. Starring Dan Stevens, David Harbour, and Boyd Holbrook alongside Neeson, you can check out the official synopsis below.
“Matt Scudder (Liam Neeson), formerly part of the NYPD, now works as an unlicensed private detective. His latest client is a drug trafficker (Dan Stevens) whose wife was kidnapped and brutally murdered, and as Scudder delves deeper, he finds that the crime’s sequence is the modus operandi of the perpetrators. 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.”
‘A Walk Among the Tombstones’ Boasts a Better Critics' Score Than ‘Taken’ on Rotten Tomatoes
A Walk Among the Tombstonesmay not be Liam Neeson’s best-known action outing (that remains the 2008 hit that started it all,Taken), but you may be surprised to learn that it isone of the actor’s highest-rated effortson Rotten Tomatoes. The gritty thriller even bests Neeson’s action magnum opus with critics thanks to a score of 68% againstTaken’s60%, with the actor delivering another reliably intense performance as everyone’s favorite aged action hero.
While the 72-year-old actor continues to threaten his imminent retirement from the action genre, Liam Neeson has several explosive projects currently in the pipeline, includingCold Storage, the action flickHotel Tehranalongside Zachary Levi, the heist movie4 Kids Walk Into a Bank, andThe Mongoose, which will follow Neeson as Ryan “Fang” Flanagan, a war hero who, after being accused of a crime he didn’t commit and with nothing to lose, leads police on an epic televised cross-country car chase.
Next up, though, is Neeson’s long-awaitedreboot of the comedy classicThe Naked Gun. Acting as a parody of both cop movies and Neeson’s own action hero persona,The Naked Gunis directed by Akiva Schaffer and sees Neeson take over the franchise from the late, great Leslie Nielsen as Frank Drebin Jr., with the rest of the cast comprised of Pamela Anderson, Paul Walter Hauser, Kevin Durand, Danny Huston, Liza Koshy, Cody Rhodes, CCH Pounder, and Busta Rhymes.The Naked Gunis scheduled to be released on June 14, 2025, by Paramount Pictures.
A Walk Among The Tombstones
