Earlier this week, Scott and I watched COLD PURSUIT. A movie
that did not do that well when it hit theaters due to some controversy about
various comments Liam Neeson had made while doing promotion work for the movie.
Then there was the fact that critics did not much care for it.
Liam Neeson plays the classic traumatized father who seeks
out those responsible, one by one, after his son is murdered. Because of
toxicology results, the local police believe the kid is just another junkie
that predictable overdosed. He wasn’t. Liam Neeson eventually begins to cope with
his grief by going after those involved in a bloody and violent pursuit of the
kingpin that caused the death of his son. He does so despite being vastly outnumbered
and out gunned.
Think a less stylish done version of any John Wick movie and
do it in the ice and snow and not the rain. There are also no dogs, no partial
or frontal nudity, and no neon. Massive amounts of snow. There is plenty of violence and a bunch of
folks get shot and die. Not nearly the body count of a John Wick movie, but
they do make a run at it.
The bottom line is that Scott and I liked it. COLD PURSUIT
is certainly not the greatest in action films, but after a slow start, it does
get going generating plenty of action and a high body count. There is also the occasional
dead pan humor which we both enjoyed. One of those films that must not and
should not be taken seriously and yet some will anyway because they do that.
If we are doing the old star rating system, the number of
guns rating system, the dead body count system, or any other clichéd system
where 0 is utter crap and 5 is epically good, call this a 4 and move on. Fun,
violent as hell, and easily forgettable.
Kevin R. Tipple ©2019
Netflix Synopsis:
The quiet family life
of Nels Coxman, a snowplow driver, is upended after his son's murder. Nels
begins a vengeful hunt for Viking, the drug lord he holds responsible for the
killing, eliminating Viking's associates one by one. As Nels draws closer to Viking,
his actions bring even more unexpected and violent consequences, as he proves
that revenge is all in the execution.
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