Shock horror Liam Neeson in another action thriller? Yes folks the man with those particular set of skills is showing them off again in his latest effort as The Marksman and below is the U.S Trailer.
Since Taken, the big Irish actor has shown over several films he can handle himself despite his age. Off course that film was a long time ago and he did state a couple of years ago in an interview he would be giving up those films. Since then he has made many thrillers sadly many generic duds, his latest entry does look an vast improvement.
Neeson plays an struggling rancher based in Arizona who protects an young boy on the run from a Mexican drug cartel. Plot wise nothing special, however it’s all in the delivery and Neeson looks solid with a big John Rambo persona.
Hardened Arizona rancher Jim Hanson (Liam Neeson) simply wants to be left alone as he fends off eviction notices and tries to make a living on an isolated stretch of borderland. But everything changes when Hanson, an ex-Marine sharpshooter, witnesses 11-year-old migrant Miguel (Jacob Perez) fleeing with his mother Rosa (Teresa Ruiz) from drug cartel assassins led by the ruthless Mauricio (Juan Pablo Raba). After being caught in a shoot-out, a dying Rosa begs Jim to take her son to safety to her family in Chicago. Defying his cop daughter Sarah (Katheryn Winnick), Jim sneaks Miguel out of the local U.S. Customs and Border Patrol station and together, they hit the road with the group of killers in pursuit. Jim and Miguel slowly begin to overcome their differences and begin to forge an unlikely friendship, while Mauricio and his fellow assassins blaze a cold-blooded trail, hot on their heels. When they finally meet on a Midwestern farm, a fight to the death ensues as Jim uses his military skills and code of honor to defend the boy he’s come to love.
The film also stars Katheryn Winnick, Teresa Ruiz, and Juan Pablo Raba.
We don’t know yet who will release The Marksman in the UK and when it will be. If you live in the USA it will be 21st January 2021.
