Scudder reminds Kenny that there is enough evidence to put Albert behind bars for the rest of his life. For some reason, Neeson and Frank have decided to give Scudder a New Yawk accent, though that hurts less than it might since its always slipping. Boys beat up TJ in an alley, giving him a black eye and a cut on his forehead. The trailers did kind of spoil a bit. THE FILM: Despite having a run-of-the-mill story, A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES has some of best character work that Liam Neeson has done in a long time. Once we get to know him, we realize that Matt is indeed a good guy who regrets and constantly works to atone for his bad past. Kennys brother Peter is a drug addict who attends AA meetings with Matt. But its also easy to see why those scenes were removed, as for most of Tombstones, Mick is out of the country in (where else?) I feel like Liam Neeson hasn't been given much to work with since the success of "Taken." We want to hear what you have to say but need to verify your email. He can still see the little 8-year-old girl he killed. Oh, hopefully more people contribute to this discussion. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Theyre not working for Pete, though: We see him stoned with a bag of drugs in his hand. His latest client is a drug trafficker (Dan Stevens) whose wife was kidnapped and brutally murdered, and as Scudder delves deeper, he finds that the crime's sequence is the modus operandi of the perpetrators. Fortunately when the call is made, the killers are out of the van in the pouring rain. Albert (like Ray) is a sociopathic serial killer with a complete. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $62 million worldwide. And we hear quite a lot about the drug trade and the people who are either caught in it or are furthering it. Former cop Matt Scudder is now a private eye. Please click the link below to receive your verification email. Instead, in Blocks book, the finale is much more gruesome. She actually survives, though not without losing a finger it turns out that a stray bullet from Scudder killed a young girl. Which is ironic if you know what Im talking about. In Blocks version, Ray (David Harbour) calmly garrottes his partner before Scudder and his pals get there. The pair of villains are mostly the same too, but given a more pronounced presence in the film, to probably set up a better dynamic between them and anti-hero Scudder. Scudder researches similar killings at a public library. Jonas. Franks biggest challenge was introducing a Block regular a wayward black teen named TJ (Brian Astro Bradley) who talks himself into Scudders life without making the relationship seem too sentimental. getting a commendation for his actions in stopping three criminals, drug dealers who won't go to the police for help. "A Walk Among the Tombstones" starts out as another Film Noir-ish Liam Neeson action thriller. [4], The film earned $428,000 from Thursday night from 1,918 theaters, and $4.7 million from 2,712 theaters on its opening day. In fact, at first its hard to see where tombstones fit in at all. ), although it did have its druggy charms. Tap "Sign me up" below to receive our weekly newsletter Though it's not like he didn't deserve every second of it. The killers buy a guy drinks to better pump him for information. When Scudder reluctantly agrees to help a heroin trafficker (Dan Stevens) hunt down the men who kidnapped and then brutally murdered his wife, the PI learns that this . Portraits of Kennys wife show her naked in several poses, some of them revealing full-frontal nudity. Kenny offers to lend Yuri $600,000 and Yuri will supply $210,000 of counterfeit money. 1:28. And he used to be a drunk. Coming Soon. Get The Latest IndieWire Alerts And Newsletters Delivered Directly To Your Inbox. And as the book closes, Kenan/Kenny leaves the country to start a new life abroad, in another segment of the familys illegal businesses around the world. Its true that the books ending would have been hard to bring off. Also crucial to Scudders life is Alcoholics Anonymous. A very well made crime thriller. Neesom's Scudder even refers to Ray and Albert as a "Bert and Ernie act." Really was a bit of a shock and even then they didn't milk it for all its worth (a few Y2K references here, a subtle WTC in the final pan out.). He goes up into the rooftop and finds a shed, where Loogan is living. Then I thought, if this heres a movie, what I do is slip in the back an hunker down tween the front an back seats. 055 New movies & TV, plus Liam Neeson & Kevin Smith interviews. A shootout ensues. Meanwhile, a despondent Pete is unable to stay sober, and commits suicide. Scudder and Kenny find TJ outside the house and they all silently enter the house finding Albert calmly eating his dinner. In 'The Grey', a movie completely steered away from the idea of crime, he was still a pretty knowledgeable badass who could kill if he needed. Could be wrong though. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. 0:57. Scudder, then, is much different from Neesons other bad-guy-hunter, Bryan Mills, in the Taken movies. Scudder shoots one, pursues and kills the second assailant, and the getaway driver. UK theatrical version was cut by the distributor to secure a "15" rating (a scene of sexual threat (including an aggressive use of the word 'cunt')). As the body count goes up, he must use unreliable witnesses and gut intuition to try to catch the murderers. Privacy Policy Heres what went down. Yeah. However, they see his 14-year-old daughter, Lucia, and Ray decides to kidnap her. In 2002, Harrison Ford was attached to star and D. J. Caruso to direct. Yet Hollywood seems to focus on the latter, not deviating from the stoic man who can rip armies of murderers asunder and come out swinging. Slim, blond types (one bland, the other goateed), they recall the gay Nazi-like killers in Michael Haneke's American remake of his sadistic art-movie Funny Games. Youd cross the street in life if you saw him coming. Scudder then enters a bar and gets coffee with shots. [11] Producers invited author Block to the set to watch filming. Scudder's attendance at AA meetings was a bigger part of the novel, while the movie shows the first meeting between the ex-cop and his young friend/assistant TJ, but in the novels, he was introduced in an earlier book. [16][17] It debuted at number two at the box office on its opening weekend earning $13.1 million behind The Maze Runner ($32.5 million). Password must be at least 8 characters and contain: As part of your account, youll receive occasional updates and offers from New York, which you can opt out of anytime. Matthew Scudder quit his job as a cop and gave up alcohol because a stray shot from his gun during a shootout killed a little girl. Never have I been so grateful for an absent dialect coach. It was a stray bullet in the midst of an unexpected shootout. Chewing the fat with shop owners and others who might have seen more than they realize. A Walk Among the Tombstones isnt a kill-em-all Taken-style actioner. It was not a terrible movie overall, but it is one I wish I hadn't paid for. [23] In Variety, Andrew Barker found it a well-made thriller "with a good deal of panache and style".[24]. Kenny knocks Albert unconscious with a bottle. Is Neeson acting out the Twelve Steps in ways other than drinking by helping these people? Scudder looks at one of TJ's drawings and we're then shown the skyline. I just wished they showed more of the villain's backstory. They seemed quite fucked in the head. Indeed, the bad guys display all manner of bloody tools and blades that they use to maim, torture and kill. Liam Neeson as Matt Scudder; Dan Stevens as Kenny Kristo; David Harbour as Ray; Adam David Thompson as Albert; Eric Nelsen as Peter; Brian 'Astro' Bradley as TJ. they're forced by Matthew to return her alive. Boyd Holbrook is eloquently jittery as his addict brother, Olafur DarriOlafsson has two vivid scenes as a graveyard attendant, and what can you say about David Harbours tauntingly demonic Ray? Its an interesting look at the process and adaptation, but warning: spoilers ahead. A Walk Among the Tombstones: Official Clip - Morning Shootout, A Walk Among the Tombstones: Official Clip - A Sudden Strangling, A Walk Among the Tombstones: Official Clip - Kenny's Story, A Walk Among the Tombstones: Official Clip - Your Choice, A Walk Among the Tombstones: Official Clip - Silent Kill, A Walk Among the Tombstones: Official Clip - The Exchange, A Walk Among the Tombstones: Official Clip - Setting Up the Meeting, A Walk Among the Tombstones: Official Clip - Don't Feel Sorry for Me, A Walk Among the Tombstones: Official Clip - Shoot Yourself in the Head, A Walk Among the Tombstones: Official Clip - The Kidnapping. Probably drugs. It takes the eccentricity of diverse ethnic and sexual types in the urban jungle and uses them cynically--first in Lawrence Block's 1992 crime thriller novel and now in director Scott Frank's own kind of Hollywood film noir pornography. A film adaptation of Blocks novel had been in development for several years with a script from Scott Frank. He tells Scudder their address. The girl taken hostage is alive, but not entirely unharmed. You're almost there! My book's in good hands. A Walk Among the Tombstones received mixed to positive reviews from critics. Parents, get practical information from a biblical worldview to help guide media decisions for your kids! Matt Scudder used to be a cop. Lastly, New York City is also very present texture in Blocks book, and Frank replicates that in the film. A Walk Among the Tombstones kept me invested throughout the entire run time of the film, featuring Liam Neeson who is great as usual, very dark tone and a well written script. Played straight when Matthew gets into a running gunfight with three gangbangers despite the fact that he was drinking in a bar. [15], A Walk Among the Tombstones grossed $26 million in the United States and Canada, and $36.1 million in other territories, for a worldwide total gross of $62.1 million, against its $28 million budget. It's only to TJ that he confesses that one of his shots killed a young girl. In this film Liam Neeson plays Matt Scudder, a former cop turned unlicensed private detective. He then enters a bar where cops don't have to pay for their drinks. His actions, by movies end, indicate that he might even be taking on more of a parental role with the teen. After spending more than two decades touring, directing, writing and producing for Christian theater and radio (most recently for Adventures in Odyssey, which he still contributes to), Bob joined the Plugged In staff to help us focus more heavily on video games. But not guns. Based on Lawrence Block's bestselling series of mystery novels, A Walk among the Tombstones stars Liam Neeson as Matt Scudder, an ex-NYPD cop who now works as an unlicensed private investigator operating just outside the law. Mick would be a pretty good bet on the basis for her role. However he changes his mind and goes back, which is just as well, as Albert has escaped his bonds. 5 5.Gay Villains of Walk Among the Tombstones Signal Return of 6 6.A Walk Among The Tombstones: Book Vs Movie Differences; 7 7.Movie Spoiler for the film - A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES; 8 8.A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014) - Plot Synopsis - IMDb; 9 9.SPOILERS: The two bad guys - A Walk Among the Tombstones 10 10.Book To . with updates on movies, TV shows, Rotten Tomatoes podcast and more. Copyright Fandango. Before they can strike again and destroy other lives, Scudder races through the back streets of New York to catch the killers, blurring the lines between lawful and criminal as he goes. He does some research and thinks the men he is looking for have done this more than once and that everyone they grabbed is connected to a drug dealer. 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In the book, this particular investigation leads him to seriously think about what Elaine means to him and whether not hes still comfortable with her seeing clients, something he didnt mind before. Unlicensed. The movie's lean plot, a wealth of action and Neeson's commanding presence made it a surprise hit and it received two sequels. Based on Lawrence Block's bestselling series of mystery novels, A Walk among the Tombstones stars Liam Neeson as Matt Scudder, an ex-NYPD cop who now works a. Theyd been watching the house. And so, with the official movie tie-in book landing on our doorstep, we figured it was a good opportunity to investigate how the source material and movie were aligned and where changes were made, and how these choices affected the movie. When a drug dealer's 14-year-old daughter is also kidnapped, Scudder heads a group to rescue her. And in watching the film this past weekend, you can clearly see Franks moves to make Tombstones an action movie, while keeping the thematic texture and pulp grit of Blocks source material. TJ helps with the research. Her husband coughed up a $400,000 ransom, but it didnt save her. As far as crime/thrillers go this is a by the book film, Typical and predictable plot but it was very well done and gripping, Liam Neeson puts in one of his best performances and carries the film most of the time, There's little action but it didn't need much, I had little interest in watching this film but I found it pretty good after having no expectations for it, It can be slow at times but if you're a fan of a well told noir style thrillers then this film is right up your street. It made me HATE the villains though, so they did a great job of that. Verified reviews are considered more trustworthy by fellow moviegoers. The bad guys (David Harbour and Adam David Thompson) introduced at the outset are very bad, indeed. But the man later goes to see him and tells him how his wife was killed. It contains a mix of suspense, thriller and neo-noir elements. [20] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale. Another is pounded in the knee and face with a baseball bat, leaving his nose and mouth bleeding. Based on Lawrence Block's bestselling series of mystery novels, A Walk among the Tombstones stars Liam Neeson as Matt Scudder, an ex-NYPD cop who now works as an unlicensed private investigator operating just outside the law. Sign up for our Email Newsletters here. And the challenge is to make those little moves feel big enough that they warrant a movie. He had his problems, and when they showed how the little girl died, that made it seem more real. A Walk Among The Tombstones is a 2014 thriller starring Liam Neeson and here's how the movie compares to Laurence Block's original novel. Starring: Liam Neeson, Dan Stevens, David Harbour. Overall though, I thought it was a very good movie, well acted and written. A Walk Among the Tombstones. He is about to give up when they grab another girl and Scudder tries make sure she's returned alive. It was the combination that turned him into this. Its stated that the men rape their victims; we hear a tape recording of a cruelly chuckling man and a crying woman. After a desperate struggle, Scudder shoots Albert in the head without trying to take him prisoner. The Grey Ending Explained: Who Wins Liam Neeson's Wolf Fight. Both in the book and film, TJ is urban in the most gauche way possible, complete with street speak, though arguably in Franks film, its a bit more scaled back. A Walk Among the Tombstones doesn't entirely transcend its genre clichs, but it does offer Liam Neeson one of his more compelling roles in recent memory, and that's often enough. The last scene of the film is Scudder sitting in his apartment, TJ asleep on his couch. Physically in the cold, mentally in the Caribbean. All an accident. I think the one who said ''I just wanted'' was doing it for the money and the other guy really took pleasure in it. Movies don't need villains even though the thriller genre, as seen in A Walk Among the Tombstones, makes it seem like they do. Kenny drinks hard liquor as well. While the film is more of a thriller than an action movie, a few setpieces were added like the graveyard shootout and the final fight to beef up the action quota. The haunted title of A Walk Among the Tombstones suggests that one's bigoted reflexes are common, lying just beneath the surface. We want to hear what you have to say but need to verify your account. Wanted to know if others saw it/thought about it. Check it out. Marvel Movies Ranked Worst to Best by Tomatometer, Jurassic Park Movies Ranked By Tomatometer, 10 Black Women Filmmakers Who Have Shaped the Cinema Landscape of the 21st Century, 10 LGBTQIA+ Women Who Became Trailblazers in Entertainment. Coming Soon, Regal So whether he wants to or not, Matts burning shoe leather on the grimy streets of New York. That seemed like the most implausible part of the movie. Hes a trudger. During a gunfight, Matthew's shooting caused a stray bullet to hit a 7-year-old straight in the eye, instantly killing her. For while this R-rated and often dour flick doesnt applaud violence, it certainly crams lots of it in. It's pronounced Paw-rick, not Pad-raig. An unlicensed PI who lives in a bare, cheerless apartment, Scudder (Liam Neeson) doesn't want the job of hunting them down when he realizes that the latest victim's husband (Dan Stevens, of Downton. Now I know what it is. But this movie has a bit more to offer. A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014) Plot Showing all 4 items Jump to: Summaries (3) Synopsis (1) Summaries Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife. Kenan Khoury survives in the book, but Kenny Kristo is killed in the movie, being shot, Ray asks his brother Albert to treat his wounds. Which, of course, finally leads us right up to those tombstones. And he left him barely alive in the basement along with his dead partner in crime. He likes sitting in bars drinking coffee alongside unsavory characters. In the end, Matthew has Albert subdued on the floor with a gun pointed at his head. See production, box office & company info, A Walk Among the Mystery, but lacking in some thrills, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Liam Neeson/Terry Gilliam/Tim McGraw. After a stand off, Lucia, alive but with two fingers cut down to the bone, is returned to her father. The killersyeah, there were definitely two of themdidnt just pull Kennys name out of the phone book. Though its never specifically cited, the Serenity Prayer God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference is a controlling force. Kenny/Kenan stays behind, and later tells Scudder exactly what he did to Ray: he cut out his eyes, chopped off his hands and feet, and cut out his tongue. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Matt Scudder. The film is largely faithful to the core story of the novel, while cutting several subplots and supporting characters. Press J to jump to the feed. Albert and Ray escape in their van, with TJ hiding in the back. But that film's concept of social and sexual loners was problematic--and way too subtle (which may have inspired Demme to immediately follow up with the gay-affirming protest film Philadelphia). A Walk Among The Tombstones'movie finale sees Scudder and Kenny tracking down kidnapper Albert after the gunfight, with the latter having killed wounded partner Ray. Meanwhile, Scudder grows closer to TJ, encouraging the boy to study and avoid a life of crime. The 12 steps during the gunfight was especially neat. I just think that he is being pigeonholed, and I don't like it. Maybe hes genetically driven to do what good cops, sober cops, just naturally do: help people. We see their body parts, wrapped in plastic and paper, in the back of a car, in a dumpster, on the grounds of a graveyard and floating in a pond. Blood covers a kitchen floor and walls, and somebody bleeds out on a stairway. Scudder leaves to send TJ away while Kenny plans a gruesome fate, only for Albert to kill him and Scudder - who's returned - to face him in a final battle. 'A Walk Among the Tombstones' is a 2014 American neo-noir action thriller film directed and written by Scott Frank, and based on the 1992 novel of the same title by Lawrence Block. Actress Ruth Wilson (Luther) filmed a major supporting role that was later cut as it was felt Scudder needed to be alone. And there were other little strings, tiny bits and pieces of the story that pleaded to be pulled at and worried over. Scudder talks to Leila's fianc, Reuben, who saw two men drag her into a van driven by a third. Said by the character himself towards the end of Blocks novel, its a bit of wink (if not the greatest decision) that Frank essentially does that in the film, putting the teenager in the back of the bad guys van after the handoff for the girl and money in the graveyard. As the body count goes up, he must use unreliable witnesses and gut intuition to try to catch the murderers. And the camera looks down the gunsight as Matt takes aim and blows a third man off his feet. It's the reason he quit being a cop and gave up drinking. I think Kenny did them wrong by paying 400k and not 1mil. Because this is actually more of a gumshoe investigator's tale, a gritty cop-turned-unlicensed . Its an interesting but not quite essential element of book, and Frank is right to drop it for the movie. But now movies are about spectacle. At any rate, in Blocks book, TJ is someone Scudder has known for a while already, a homeless kid who can get the kind of information that sometimes the PI cant or doesnt know how to obtain. By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie. TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Her body was found chopped into neatly wrapped pieces in the back of an abandoned car. Another guy is plugged in the leg and torso. And what happens next changes dramatically from Blocks book. Starring Liam Neeson. Hes another of Gods Loneliest Men. He interviews witnesses, finds evidence of other victims, and wanders a gray, malignant city in mourning over something he did years ago while drunk. During the final confrontation, Albert uses this as a garrotte to kill Ray and Kenny, and nearly kills Scudder except the muzzle of his pistol gets caught in the loop, preventing the wire from cutting through Scudder's throat. Cinemark Please reference Error Code 2121 when contacting customer service. Its a decision that nicely underscores one of the films key lines of dialogue from one of the villains: People are afraid of the wrong thing. Frank wants to make viewers squirm about the unknown evil around us every day, and he succeeds in establishing that vibe. (Though Frank adds the detail of the duo also selling videotapes of their deeds to the snuff film circuit, with lafur Darri lafssons cemetery worker acting as a narrative clue shortcut). In 2014 he played ex-cop Matt Scudder in A Walk Among The Tombstones, and thischaracter comes from a series of neo-noir books from author Lawrence Block. Its tense, its moody and prickly, and its ultimately bloody and grim and deadly. Matt Scudder. Albert manages to mumble "Y'know, I just wanted to-" before Matthew shoots him dead. 2023 IndieWire Media, LLC. A Walk Among the Tombstones isn't a kill-'em-all Taken-style actioner. Scudder isnt a reckless vigilante eaten up with rage. Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife. There is also a four letter word hanging between them (starting with the letter l) that is beginning to gain some importance. 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