The Marksman

Great Movie, Neeson lovers will like it.

This was actually better than what I thought it would be. It was a fun action crime for a pg-13.

Honestly, I expected this to be some crap Eastwood knockoff with more action since it's Neesom of how the white guy is a jackass who thinks he's better than everyone else and manages to "save" some kid while reinforcing racist stereotypes of hate of the Hispanic community.

So yes, a white guy, Neesom, does save a Hispanic kid. No, it's really not an action flick. It's more a mission of redemption. A couple of the parts could've been better written, especially the part in the church, but the part before that about the dog is touching as Neesom's character realizes his own selfishness. Neesom plays that moment perfectly.

If you are hoping for your racist bias to be reinforced here, this movie will disappoint, enough I suspect to whine and cry about lack of this or that in the comments about everything else but the heart strings it pulls against those biases.

It's a good drama, well acted, very good chemistry between Neesom and the young man, Jacob Perez. I like many of the other ratings was expecting it to be racist reinforcement garbage, only I was pleasantly surprised to see it wasn't.

It's a movie about redemption and hope. and there it definitely delivers.

great movie been waiting since janurary to watch . typical liam neeson action movie but very good especially considering all the b movies of covid in 2020. you cant beat liam neeson and kathryn winnick

A pretty good plot and film as it did keep the viewer on the edge of your seat and the layout of the plot was good, but overall it was east to predict the plot and it just played out like a slap together film with no extra theatrics or plot development. Follows a patrol officer who is struggling to catch up with house payments after his wife passed and decides to be heroic and guard an illegal immigrant’s son from the cartel.

Is it a generic, predictable movie with a little bit of action ? Sure is.
But it is a generic, predictable movie with a little bit of action featuring Liam Neeson with Katheryn Winnick on the side.
And that works for me, alright.

[spoiler] But why do they always kill the guy's dog? Didn't they watch John Wick ? [/spoiler]

Thankfully not another tired Taken clone. This one tries to be a bit more dramatic whilst having a few action sequences to bolster it.

It's a bit of a Rambo V in quality - ie. cheap and sombre. It does benefit from the relationship with the boy though.

It was okay. Predictable yet not boring. There has been worse put out by Neeson these last few years but you wouldn't watch this a second time.


6.25/10

6/10.. more a drama than action/thriller. Neeson is superb as always, and some good eye candy in Katherine Winnick.

Film dragged on and was a bit slow at times, but overall I enjoyed it. Not as bad as some other comments and criticism suggest, but not a film I’d go out and recommend either.. however, overall it was decent.

This marksman misses the target. Neeson is as dependable as always but the film doesn’t have a good enough script to ignite excitement or soulful emotion.

Well, actors gotta make a livin'.