The actor gives a mournful performance (and still, of course, kicks ass) in a movie with a canny underworld atmosphere and too many familiar devices. In memory, most of them blur together, and it’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo Credit: Samuel Goldwyn Films) While Taken turned Liam Neeson into an action star, Absolution is much more of a character ...

Hans Petter Moland directs the contemplative thriller about a Boston underworld enforcer seeking to atone for his failings as a parent, also featuring Yolonda Ross, Frankie Shaw and Ron Perlman. By ...

Liam Neeson plays a regretful gangster with a serious medical condition in this drab, downbeat action movie. By Jeannette Catsoulis When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film ...

Listen to this story and more on our podcast, Here & Now Anytime. Ten years after his celebrated “Southern Reach” trilogy, novelist Jeff VanderMeer is out with a surprise prequel. “Absolution” tells ...

Credits: Directed by Hans Petter Moland, starring Liam Neeson, Ron Perlman, Frankie Shaw and Daniel Diemer. Rating/runtime: R for violence, language throughout, some sexual content/nudity and drug use ...