RUN ALL NIGHT marks the third collaboration between star Liam Neeson and director Jaume Collet-Serra; their previous movies were the disappointing UNKNOWN and the above-average NON-STOP. RUN ALL NIGHT falls somewhere in the middle of those two films in terms of quality; it's a good enough mob thriller although not quite good enough to be considered a classic or indeed a regular watch. The film's very familiarity is what works against it throughout. Neeson and his adult son, played by Joel Kinnaman, are forced to go on the run from mob boss Ed Harris when things go bad, and the film follows the situation from there. It's set over a single night, which gives it some fun, but the story has been done before and done better, for example in Sam Mendes' ROAD TO PERDITION.This means you end up watching the film to enjoy the other qualities. If a thriller's plotting is unremarkable then it must have outstanding action scenes, and the action in RUN ALL NIGHT is fun although not quite spellbinding. The bit in the subway station and the attack in the burning apartment complex are both good scenes but there are too many slow bits in the middle, and the two hour running time is half an hour too long. Collet-Serra can't do a proper transition scene without some lame CGI effects of the sped-up camera flying up in the sky and across the city, which I found quite tiresome after a while.In terms of the cast, Neeson is on autopilot in this one. He looks old and tired and you wonder how much of that is really acting. Harris is suitably imposing as the antagonist of the piece, but his role is a virtual reprise of the one he played in A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE. Best of the bunch is the great Kinnaman, of the EASY MONEY trilogy, but he's kept off the screen for way too long. RUN ALL NIGHT is a fine enough slice of entertainment for genre fans but it's one of those films which simply doesn't hold up if you think about it too long.

Liam Neesons 64, and he still kicks butt in all sorts of different ways. Run All Night is a mob action thriller which is really good,tense and out of this world. seeing bad guys getting knocked down/killed in just on night we haven't seen anything like that before. I really like Run All Night, it focuses on friends and family also revenge in one whole night. This is why Liam gives a great performance, as the good one alongside Ed Harris as the bad guy. The thing that really picks out in this action thriller is that these two are old time long best friends which gives us an interesting view of what will happen next in the movie.Run All Night is dark and not off putting. it keeps you on the edge of your seat from start to finish. this should be a 8/10 it has great action scenes great drama great directing and powerful acting. This movie is nothing Like Liams earlier ones like Taken or Unknown everybody should know he dose not do the same in his movies.Run All Night i Highly recommend a watch, with a powerful lead cast especially by Liam Neeson It will go well in Your DVD collation. (if you have one).

Former hit-man Jimmy Conlon (Liam Neeson) finds himself on a collision course with mob boss and former employer Shawn Maguire (Ed Harris) after he kills Shawn's son Danny Maguire (Boyd Holbrook) when Danny attempts to shoot Jimmy's son Mike (Joel Kinnaman). Jimmy and Mike's father/son relationship is poor, but the two men find they must put their differences aside and work together to try to stay one step ahead of Shawn and his mob who are seeking vengeance against the two men.Here we are again with another Neeson action vehicle and yes it is hard to see Neeson as anyone other than Brian Mills when watching these sort of films. That being said if you're prepared to accept with this film that 'what you see is what you get' then there is still some enjoyment to be had from this picture.In some ways this is quite an interesting film as to me it had no real antagonist; although Conlon and Maguire end up facing off against each other these two men are practically civilians at the start; Neeson has retired and leads a fairly quiet life where his only vice seems to be that he likes his booze a bit too much. Harris is a man that has made some dodgy decisions in the past and wants to leave that life behind him and stay legit. The two men are friends in the early stages with Maguire very much looking after Conlon due to his fragile emotional state. This does give the face off more emotional weight than most action films as you really feel that this is the last thing that the two men want to do and it kind of creates a bit of tension in an indirect manner.Although I liked this film it's another action film that suffers from some problematic writing; my main issue in terms of character and writing lay with Neeson's character Jimmy Conlon; his son portrays him as a bad father and forbids him from seeing his children, but at no point are we offered any insight or explanation as to what his failings were or why Jimmy and his son fell out? If Jimmy was shown as being an uncaring and selfish individual at any point during this film then his failings would have been self-explanatory, but he is very protective of his son and does everything he can to keep him out of harms way??? This is not a big deal and in no way impacts on one's enjoyment of the film, but it's sloppiness and poor character development such as this that often drags many action films down. In some ways this has a knock on effect with the 'family dynamics' and whilst they're necessary to try to present an emotional core all these efforts become practically redundant when we're given no understanding of the root cause. There are other narrative issues such as Conlon going from being an inept alcoholic one minute to being a super tough assassin the next minute, but again these things are a given nowadays for action films.At 110 minutes this film is a little too long and this is further evidenced by a moderately tense but ridiculously long final act.Taken for what it is then this is an enjoyable action thriller (particularly if you can ignore all the gaps in the writing). Neeson and Harris are superb as usual and the supporting cast are all solid as well. If you've enjoyed Neeson's previous action outings then this is worth a look.

I liked the movie but I didn't. Acting, screenplay, story , action is all good. I mean it doesn't make fun of viewer with unrealistic stunts. Its strange though because I felt the story is little fair to jimmy though he may not have deserved it. You 'll get it after you have watched the movie. Jimmy is not the hero in the story, and we won't expect him to stand after the unbelievable mess got cleaned but you'll root for his son and his family to stay alive because of his good choices despite being jimmy's son. That's it so its a nice movie better than recent Liam's action flicks. I would have given more than 7 but little disappointed with the story in area where most viewers don't notice. If you decide to give a bad guy a chance for redeem you must make it look like he deserves it. But may be its just me over analyzing.