The Commuter

Name: The Commuter
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime
Released: January 12, 2018
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 56
Cast: Andy Nyman, Clara Lago, Damson Idris, Dean-Charles Chapman, Elizabeth McGovern

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Lionsgate | Release Date: January 12, 2018 | PG-13

Starring: Andy Nyman, Clara Lago, Damson Idris, Dean-Charles Chapman, Elizabeth McGovern, Florence Pugh, Jonathan Banks, Killian Scott, Letitia Wright, Liam Neeson, Patrick Wilson, Roland Møller, Sam Neill, Shazad Latif, Vera Farmiga

Summary: A businessman is caught up in a criminal conspiracy during his daily commute home.

Director: Jaume Collet-Serra

Genre(s): Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 105 min

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Danny King

Jan 11, 2018

The director’s stylistic obsessions (harried close-ups of cell-service signal bars) and thematic integrity (witness the overworked 9-to-5 crowd banding together in solidarity) elevate the cheap-paperback plot without tipping the movie over into pomposity. Read full review

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

Jan 10, 2018

The Commuter’s script may not be an exercise in fool-proof logic (the actual plot makes almost no sense in retrospect), but its politics are consistent — a rare quality for a contemporary thriller. Read full review

Kenneth Turan

Jan 11, 2018

While it doesn't pay to think too hard about the plot, after four of these films, director Collet-Serra, shooting here on a 30-ton set put together from authentic discarded railroad scrap, is an expert, so to speak, at making this kind of train run on time. Read full review

Guy Lodge

Dec 29, 2017

The Commuter’s breakneck incoherence — not to mention a generally dour demeanor, shorter on incidental humor than most of the helmer’s work — makes it a notch less fun than those previous ex-trash-aganzas. Read full review

Joe Morgenstern

Jan 12, 2018

Yet the nonsense content, being pure, is liberating, and allows us to savor all the machinery as machinery: the train, the plot, the pitch-imperfect dialogue, the huffing-puffing fights, the ridiculous stunts and, yes, the climactic train wreck. Here’s how filmmakers can fill screens when they don’t have a film to make. Read full review

Steve Persall

Jan 11, 2018

It takes too long for The Commuter to build a head of steam but it’s medium speed ahead after that. Read full review

Michael O'Sullivan

Jan 10, 2018

The story (by Byron Willinger, Philip de Blasi and Ryan Engle) does not exist to serve the needs of logic, but those of Neeson, who, as has become his habit in this sort of thing, delivers, at minimum, a modicum of guilty pleasure as the middle-aged, tender-but-tough Everyman in a tight spot. Read full review

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yourmonica19

Apr 27, 2018

I HAVE WATCHED TONS OF ACTION AND THRILLER MOVIES AND I COULD SAY THAT THIS IS ONE OF MY ALL-TIME FAVORITES. DEFINITELY A MUST-TRY MOVIE! I LOVE LIAM NESSON. THE MOVIE IS AWESOME AND TO THOSE WHO RATED IT LOW! JUST **** OFF!

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rpotter1000

Nov 20, 2022

I’m late to the the “retired Liam Neeson with skills” movie genre, but I’m finally trying to get caught up. (This is my second one. I just watched a Walk among the Tombstones, which was also good, but that was more of a more grounded psychological thriller.)
Commuter was a really good time.I’m late to the the “retired Liam Neeson with skills” movie genre, but I’m finally trying to get caught up. (This is my second one. I just watched a Walk among the Tombstones, which was also good, but that was more of a more grounded psychological thriller.)
Commuter was a really good time. I could see some people being thrown off by it because it starts off like an actually good movie, and then it kind of gets sillier and more ridiculous and becomes a bit of a howl at the screen kind of ridiculous fun action movie.
If that’s your kind of thing, then the Commuter is really good. Just a very minor spoiler: it’s not like a Jason Statham movie. Liam’s character is not a highly skilled former navy seal or assassin or something. Just a cop who can hold his own. Still the action and the fighting are fun.… Expand

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d0vla11

Aug 21, 2018

I think it's a good movie, the plot can sometimes get confusing, but Liam Neeson's acting was phenomenal and the mistery I found very interesting. It keeps you thinking throughout the whole movie.

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GinaK

Jan 24, 2018

How do you rate a clever film that is fun to watch but only original in some of its plot twists? Liam Neeson is very convincing and Vera Farmiga and Sam Neill and all the minor characters were well done. No insight into The Human Condition, but I was happy to escape all life’s problems inHow do you rate a clever film that is fun to watch but only original in some of its plot twists? Liam Neeson is very convincing and Vera Farmiga and Sam Neill and all the minor characters were well done. No insight into The Human Condition, but I was happy to escape all life’s problems in the company of these fine actors for 103 minutes.… Expand

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AMFcritic

Nov 1, 2018

Another action movie by Liam Neeson, exciting and intriguing like others; but without leaving a cliché that has maintained since the trilogy of Taken (2007, 2012, 2015) and Non-Stop (2014).
The action unfolds very well, and the mystery can be felt. But finally it ends up being another actionAnother action movie by Liam Neeson, exciting and intriguing like others; but without leaving a cliché that has maintained since the trilogy of Taken (2007, 2012, 2015) and Non-Stop (2014).
The action unfolds very well, and the mystery can be felt. But finally it ends up being another action blockbuster. 6.1 / 10… Expand

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MrMovieBuff

Jan 28, 2018

Another disposable action thriller where Liam Neeson plays an everyday man whose told that his family is in danger, and that he must carry out a dangerous task that he reluctantly agrees to only to ensure the safety of his family. In 'The Commuter', he plays Michael MacCauley, an insuranceAnother disposable action thriller where Liam Neeson plays an everyday man whose told that his family is in danger, and that he must carry out a dangerous task that he reluctantly agrees to only to ensure the safety of his family. In 'The Commuter', he plays Michael MacCauley, an insurance salesman who pretty much is being let go from his company. Feeling discouraged by what has happened, he takes his usual trip on the same train to a long journey, until he meets a woman who claims that she is an expert on body-language and overall human behavior, and she tells him some secrets about what's on the train, and what he's going to do. This leads to Michael receiving a phone-call, and he is told to carry out some dangerous tasks, or his family get killed (what a surprise!). The film ponders along trying to reveal a secret about one of the passenger's identities, and how integral they are to the plot. Most of the characters we come across are intentionally one-dimensional, yes, but everything the plot builds up to is basically trying to surpass expectations and predictability. Neeson does a good job here, as well as the supporting cast. But, the odd direction and uncomfortable editing style make this film a very difficult experience. There is a moment where Neeson's character is just sat opposite his employer at his desk, and, for some reason, we get unnecessary and extreme close-up shots of Neeson's face, even though the conversation they were having did not require such an editing skill. They didn't even start talking about his future at the company, and even then, it wouldn't require such intense camera shots. 'The Commuter' is mainly forgettable and typically formulaic. If you enjoy this kind of film, by all means, see it. Neeson hasn't lost it as an "Expendables"-style action man, but all of these films could not be more uninspired if they tried. At least, try to tell a good story, with believable characters.… Expand

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EludiumQ36

Apr 15, 2018

Could've been a good, solid film except the director (Jaume Collet-Serra of "Non-Stop", another train film) didn't value plausibility enough this time. When you lack plausibility you just take the viewer out of the experience and that's just a shame since it's easily avoidable. For instance,Could've been a good, solid film except the director (Jaume Collet-Serra of "Non-Stop", another train film) didn't value plausibility enough this time. When you lack plausibility you just take the viewer out of the experience and that's just a shame since it's easily avoidable. For instance, Liam's character should've been much more beat up and fatigued if not critically injured in all this. Instead, he comes off as an action-hero which is fine in other circumstances but not these. And if you're twelve years old you'll appreciate Hollywood's "Good triumphs over Evil" for the billionth time, but those of us adults know the world is seldom so black and white. Overall, just disappointing.… Expand

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