Drew Taylor at Playlist calls AWATT the most underrated film of 2014: Underrated: A Walk Among the Tombstones The trailers for A Walk Among the Tombstones made the movie seem like the latest in the long line of Liam Neeson thrillers where he exacts bloodthirsty revenge on the anonymous (mostly Eastern European) goons who have done him wrong. But the film was anything but that; instead, it was an expertly paced, marvelously written-and-directed modern noir that easily stands as one of Neesons best and most vital performances in recent memory. The movie (based on a mystery novel by Lawrence Block) takes place in New York City in 1999; the city is gripped with fear over the Y2K bug, and that pre-millennial tension hums throughout writer/director Scott Franks film, although its not what the film is about (there are a couple of very nasty fellows doing very nasty things). Its odd that a movie this well crafted and exciting was so universally ignored (critics were indifferent and it failed to recoup its $28 million budget, at least domestically) and its easy to imagine the film getting rediscovered a few years down the line, with people stumbling across it on Netflix and wondering, How did I miss this? Good question.... To read the full list: tinyurl/o5hl7ws
Posted on: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 15:12:50 +0000
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