Cold Pursuit

Wow is all I can say and that is not a good thing. This movie had so many pointless subplots and extended scenes that it was painful to watch. There is a point in the movie that the main character is not even in the movie at all and you wonder if he is even coming back. Story was so unfocused and a total mess. The editor and director should never work again. I could write a novel on what was wrong with this movie. The only good thing was that the rest of the audience was laughing at how bad the movie was. I know this was not meant to be a comedy but man does it sure seem like it.

Terrible film, I'm appalled how so many reviewers find it great, when the story is inexistant, apart form the obvious desire for revenge of a father... why does the mother leave and never come back ? Why was the son actually killed... It's just killing for killing, no plot is really developed. It's almost comical, apart from the fact that the movie isn't really a comedy. It's incredible that such movies find an investor and... an audience, when really nothing's been worked through on the script... can't anyone write a story anymore ?

IT IS TRULY BAFFLING THAT THIS MOVIE IS GETTING POSITIVE REVIEWS... I'm a huge fan of quirky/violent movies, but this dysfunctional version of a Tarantino or Ritchie film falls short of even providing 2 hours of entertainment. The characters were not at all convincing, even as caricatures. The dialogue was entirely devoid of wit, & was so bad it was painful. Humor was jr high level at best, HOW MANY TIMES can you use a character's response to girly or out of place music to get a laugh??? It's a travesty that Neeson spent his time on this, of whom I have been a long time fan. LET ME CONCLUDE WITH THIS: More than several people walked out of the theater in the first half hour, & those who stayed were using words like "awful", "terrible", & "waste of time." SAVE YOUR MONEY, YOU DESERVE BETTER.

Cold Pursuit is an action thriller film starring Liam Neeson. Based on the Norwegian movie "In Order of Disappearance", it is an entertaining vigilante film with most of the usual enjoyment that can be had with Neeson in the lead. In the snowy Colorado town of Kehoe, Nels Coxman (Liam Neeson) works as a snowplow driver clearing the roads for passing motorists. One day, Nels' son Kyle suddenly dies from an apparent heroin overdose, despite him not having any history with drugs. Suspecting foul play, Nels decides to take matters into his own hands to find out what was really responsible for killing his son, and inadvertently becomes involved in a bloody feud between two violent gangs. With Liam Neeson as his typical one-man-army self, Cold Pursuit is a fast paced action fare with an interesting enough story to move things along nicely. Although Neeson is the film's lead actor, it is Tom Bateman as the film's main antagonist who steals the show in every scene he is in. His sleazy, unhinged performance was so unpredictable that it was always intriguing to see what he would do next. The one main problem with the film is that it does not balance its comedy and drama that well. Normally with black comedies like Fargo or In Bruges, there would always be solid comic relief to counteract any scenes of brutal violence or emotional severity. Unfortunately, this film is only sporadically funny, and this lack of humour makes the serious moments feel harsh and unpleasant. This may come down to the way the story has been adapted from its Norwegian source material to suit American audiences, as some of the film's Scandinavian quirkiness would have likely been lost in translation. With that said, Cold Pursuit is still worth seeing for fans of Liam Neeson effortlessly plowing through his enemies by himself (pun intended). I rate it 7/10