Run All Night
Warner Bros. | Release Date: March 13, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
59
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Mixed or average reviews based on 34 Critic Reviews
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88
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperMar 12, 2015
Even though it feels as if we’ve seen this movie before, Run All Night is a stylish and kinetic thriller, with Neeson at his gritty, world-weary best, some of the coolest camera moves in recent memory and a Hall of Fame villain in the great Ed Harris. Read full review
83
The PlaylistDrew TaylorMar 10, 2015
A film that double-underlines the fact that Collet-Serra knows exactly what to do with Neeson's on-screen persona in what is ultimately their most satisfying film yet. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranMar 12, 2015
Rife with familiar elements given something of a different spin, Run All Night manages to leave you out of breath but hungry for more. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleMar 13, 2015
After devising a sturdy frame for Neeson’s special brand of sorrowful mayhem, the filmmakers expertly fill in Run All Night with a series of charged action scenes, including a rare one in which Neeson chases after a cop car, instead of the other way around. Read full review
75
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliMar 13, 2015
The trailers make Run All Night look like a fast-paced shoot-'em-up and, although those elements are present, this is a darker and grimmer experience. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoMar 13, 2015
Run All Night is proof that quality action films don’t really need to reinvent the wheel each time out as long as they make it spin this smoothly. Read full review
75
Portland OregonianJeff BakerMar 12, 2015
Harris, crinkly and laser-eyed, has enough gravity to hang with Neeson. Their scenes together anchor a movie that gets away from itself at times and relies on the tired family-in-jeopardy final act. Read full review
75
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeMar 10, 2015
There’s not much new in this tale of grim men staring, and then shooting, each other down, but this cast and crew know how to spin this yarn with efficacy and economy. Read full review
70
The New York TimesAndy WebsterMar 12, 2015
The movie, directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, who directed Mr. Neeson in the efficient airborne thriller “Non-Stop,” has two saving graces: a tight script and terrific acting. Read full review
70
VarietyJustin ChangMar 10, 2015
Even when he’s dealing with this boilerplate material, Collet-Serra brings an understated intensity and a subtle emotional pull to every scene, aided immeasurably by actors who invest their roles, big and small, with just the right degree of conviction. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleWilliam GossMar 18, 2015
The result is a well-cooked serving of meat-and-potatoes action filmmaking, but its main failing is an ultimate inability to distinguish itself by more than minor flourishes. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyKyle AndersonMar 13, 2015
Unfortunately, Run All Night gets a little slack with its third act and runs out of steam by the time the final showdown arrives. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyMar 11, 2015
Even though he never gets a grip on the over-complicated plot, the director hasn’t lost his knack for those elemental qualities that make a good action flick. Read full review
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyMar 12, 2015
An overqualified cast (including Vincent D’Onofrio and an uncredited Nick Nolte) brings more gravity than required to repeated “this is me staring you down” confrontations. Read full review
63
New York PostKyle SmithMar 12, 2015
Run All Night is routine in its contours, occasionally sloppy in its editing and filled with the usual implausibilities. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsMar 12, 2015
Directed, frantically, by Jaume Collet-Serra, written by Brad Ingelsby, Run All Night promises a sprint punctuated by a lot of gunfire, and bleeding, and bodies. Mission accomplished. Read full review
63
Miami HeraldRene RodriguezMar 12, 2015
Despite the lack of substance, Run All Night is far better than those clunky "Taken" movies with their timid PG-13 ratings. If you’re gonna cut Neeson loose against the mob, a bloody R is the way to go. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineCarson LundMar 12, 2015
This time around, in spotlighting Liam Neeson's fatigued charisma, Jaume Collet-Serra's formidable filmmaking chops have plateaued. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreMar 10, 2015
Run All Night doesn’t re-imagine a worn out genre so much as drop a quart of Marvel Mystery Oil into the crankcase of that vintage V-8 for one last ride through the Mean Streets. Read full review
60
The TelegraphRobbie CollinMar 12, 2015
The film’s secret isn’t much of a secret at all. It just remembers why Neeson was such an oddly inspired choice for a grimy revenge thriller back in 2008 and does its best to repeat the trick. Read full review
60
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzMar 12, 2015
In Run All Night, Neeson gives us more of the same, although with Collet-Serra's assistance, it's dressed up in a more interesting package. Read full review
60
The DissolveChris KlimekMar 12, 2015
There’s a lot going on in this movie. But all that texture turns out to be a virtue. Read full review
60
EmpireChris Hewitt (1)Mar 10, 2015
With Neeson on fine form and an encouraging start, it’s a shame that this gritty crime drama feels the need to erupt into a full-blown action movie by the end. Read full review
60
Time OutJoshua RothkopfMar 10, 2015
When the movie is doing its tough-guy-seeking-redemption thing, it’s more than just good. Read full review
50
HitfixDrew McWeenyMar 13, 2015
Run All Night starts off on the wrong note and never recovers. It is entirely too serious and entirely too thin, and that combination turns what might have worked as a pulpy action romp into this po-faced, overly somber march from one unlikely plot point to another. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaMar 13, 2015
Run All Night isn't dull. The pace is breakneck, and necks get broken. But the violence is relentless, ugly, unredeemed by any real humanity. Read full review
50
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanMar 12, 2015
Despite some cool camera work and the kind of noir-lite moral ambiguity that barely gets your shoes dirty (courtesy of a shallow script by Brad “Out of the Furnace” Ingelsby), the movie is the cinematic equivalent of junk food. It satisfies the craving for the sensation of nihilism, without its substance. Read full review
50
USA TodayClaudia PuigMar 12, 2015
These movies can't possibly be the best chance Neeson has got. Certainly he's offered more nuanced dramas that call on subtler acting skills and don't entail a mounting body count. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeTom RussoMar 12, 2015
The story loses its convincingly scaled sense of jeopardy in the late going, and it ultimately unravels. Read full review
40
CineVueAdam LowesMar 12, 2015
Run All Night's saving grace is, unsurprisingly, its lead actor who remains as watchable as ever despite the material he has to work with. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyMar 10, 2015
The story keeps everyone in motion all night long, and frantically so, to the point that it could easily have been titled Non-Stop 2. Read full review
40
Screen DailyJohn HazeltonMar 10, 2015
While the dramatic themes echo the great crime movies of the seventies, it’s the modern flash and muscle that ultimately win out in this pacey yet less than satisfying action thriller. Read full review
25
St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsMar 12, 2015
If you’re a fan of the “Taken” movies and tend to give action-hero Neeson the benefit of the doubt, our advice here is simple: Run away! Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierMar 12, 2015
Fatigue is all we get from Run All Night. Read full review
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