Cold Pursuit (2019)
7/10
Nail-biting and violent movie with noisy action , shootouts , humor , spectacular scenes , fights and amazing finale
22 November 2021
Suspenseful and intriguing thriller with energetic action , high body-count and plot twists , being compellingly directed . From start to finish the fractic movement , ironical scenes , twists and turns are continuous . It deals with Nels Coxman (Liam Neeson) who lives happily with his wife (Laura Dern) and son . After his child is murdered by drug dealers, a snowplow driver Nels Coxman starts seeking revenge. As he becomes involved into a twisted criminal intrigue while he is going to discover the killers . As he ploughs snow in the wild winter mountains of Denver, and is recently awarded a Citizen of the Year Award. Nels has for his hard work , keeping the roads snow free at an exclusive Snow resort near Denver Colorado . When his son is murdered for something he did not do , Nils to find out who killed his son and he wants a relentless revenge as well as justice. His actions ignite a war between the eccentric gangster "the Viking" (Tom Bateman) and the India mafia boss . Resulting in Native American drug cartel begins a war against the Viking mob . While Viking makes the mistake of thinking the murders are the work of the rival cartel . All of them ending in a finale of last man standing proportions . Winning a blood feud isn't easy, especially not in a welfare state. But Nels has something going for him : Heavy machinery and beginners luck. Embarks on a blood-drenched journey of vendetta , working his way up in search of the man behind the murder of his only son . The Perfect Revenge is all in the Execution. Meet Nels Coxman, Citizen of the Year. Revenge is best served cold. Disappearances can be deceiving.

This is a thrilling and exciting film with chills , thrills , some humor , irony and very extreme violence . Dealing with an ordinary middle-aged man just been honoured as citizen of the year when his son is murdered on the orders of a vicious Drug Lord nicknamed Vikingo , then he's subsequently driven to extreme violence by taking revenge on each of the men involved , moving up the chain of command with each killing . This peculiar and sui-generis movie packs extreme violence with more than a hint of dark comedy in ¨Joel and Ethan Cohen Brothers' Fargo¨ atmospheric style . As always , Liam Neeson is very good as the mature father who is caught-up in a risked vengeance with fateful consequences . Neeson at his best , though this isn't the typical Liam Neeson's vehicle . Here returning to high-profile roles in 2010 with big-budget films with plenty of action and violence , such as : Team A (2010), Unknown (2011), The Grey (2011), Battleship (2012) and Taken I and Taken 2 (2012) , Cold Pursuit (2019) and fiinally The Marksman (2021) . Liam is well accompanied by attractive secondaries , such as : Laura Dern , Tom Bateman, John Doman , Emmy Rossum , david O'Hara, Raoul Trujillo , Micheál Richardson , Michael Eklund , Dani Alvarado , Nathaniel Arcand, Julia Jones , William Forsythe , Bradley Stryker , among others

It results to be a remake of ¨In Order of Disappearance¨ (2014) by the same director , starred by Stellan Skarsgård , Bruno Ganz , Sverre Hagen . The motion picture was professionally directed by Hans Petter Moland , though with no originaly , that's why it turns out to be a simple copy from a previous film. Hans Petter Moland is deemed to be "the Ridley Scott of Norway," for his directing hundreds of TV commercials and winning awards at all the major festivals of advertising films . He's directed a few movies , such as : In Order of Disappearance , En ganske snill mann , Gymnaslærer Pedersen , Folk flest bor i Kina , Aberdeen and Zero Kelvin. Rating . 6.5/10 . Above average . The picture will appeal to Liam Neeson fans .
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