Retribution ★★½

GOOD news – Liam Neeson is in a good film.

Bad news – it’s not the one I’m reviewing.

In the Land of Saints and Sinners is an Irish crime drama coming in early 2024.

I didn’t get to see it during the recent British Film Festival in Perth but have heard very good things.

Retribution, on the other hand, is another of the standard fare that Neeson has been churning out over the past decade to keep that retirement fund topped up.

At least it has a slightly different premise with Neeson’s character and his two kids forced to stay seated in a car so as not to detonate bombs that have been placed under their seats.

Amongst Neeson’s recent efforts this is probably one of the better ones with a couple of interesting twists in the story and successful attempts to broaden the action outside the single, restricted setting.

Neeson is a very good screen presence, but he really needs to test himself more.