{"id":28824,"date":"2014-02-26T08:29:38","date_gmt":"2014-02-26T15:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=28824"},"modified":"2014-03-06T05:17:45","modified_gmt":"2014-03-06T12:17:45","slug":"non-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=28824","title":{"rendered":"Non-Stop"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Liam Neeson in Non-Stop<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Liam Neeson. It’s almost all you need to know. His rugged good looks charged with anguish, he’s a man with a past, a man with a job to be done, and there you have it, 50% of the requirements for a good action-thriller already in place: a hero with a flaw. If you love the genre, Non-Stop<\/em> has most of the rest in place too: for most of the film I was at the edge of my seat, eyes wide, relishing the suspense.<\/p>\n

The discriminating film viewer will no doubt note that Non-Stop, directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, has quite a collection of genre-markers: anything done at a high altitude is instantly more exciting; random group of people locked in a confined space with no escape, complete with token hot girl, ethnic suspects galore and enigmatic crew, under-used star (Julianne Moore), foreshadowing, fast flying false suspicions, obscene amounts of money, and good old fashioned ingenuity pitted against technology put to malicious use. I may have missed a few, but that’s OK.<\/p>\n

Would a superlative action-thriller rise above the genre to give the audience, if not more, then something a bit different? No doubt. Drinking an inexpensive generic beer at the neighborhood pub at the end of a long day is not quite the same experience as indulging in my favorite pale ale, but, just like Non-Stop<\/em>, it gets the job done. And did I mention Liam Neeson?<\/p>\n

Non-Stop<\/em> (USA\/France, 106 min, 2014)
\nDirector: Jaume Collet-Serra; Screenplay: John W. Richardson, Chris Roach, Ryan Engle; Story: Josh W. Richardson; Cast: Liam Neeson, Lupita Nyong’o, Julianne Moore, Nate Parker, Michelle Dockery, Linus Roache, Scoot McNairy, Corey Stoll; Music: John Ottman; Cinematography: Flavio Martinez Labiano.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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