The Commuter: Movie Review

Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga Shazd Latif & Liam Neeson

The daily grind of getting up, making coffee and heading to the salt mine as an insurance salesman is nothing new for our ex-cop Michel MacCauley played by Liam Neeson. On his way home from work, a mysterious woman approaches Neeson with a hypothetical question on the train and the trap has been established. Laboring to beat the clock and save his family from captors, Michel must find a person of interest and identify to  Joann played by Vera Farmiga.

Other characters in this high-speed mystery thriller included: Patrick Wilson (Alex Murphy) Sam Neill (Capt. Hawthorne) and Stuart Whelan (Police Detective) whom is uncredited in this motion picture.   In total there are 78 actors and actresses caught up in this criminal conspiracy and locating the hidden passenger will be a daunting task of fights and shoot-outs before everyone reaches the last stop.

Liam Neeson

Written by Byron Willinger & Phillip de Blais offers a strong dialogue between the performers in each scene. The sound and special effects where outstanding and with skilled eye of Director Jaume Collet-Serra gave the audience a thrill ride of death and adventure. Some shots in this film remind me of Total Recall (1990) and a music video by Megadeth called Sweating Bullets (1992) using captivating images and was well produced as the deadly plan unfolds.

As a film producer, I was surprised about the outcome of this film. However, I spotted the bad guy a mile away and regret graduating film school because I know the tips and tricks used to make these incredible motion pictures. Nevertheless, unanswered questions regarding the murders of the FBI Agent and the train engineer will have you on the edge of your seat. The message in this movie suggested that you should never talk to smiling strangers offering large sums of money in desperate situations. However, I would recommend this film to folks that love murder and suspense.