a5c7b9f00b Now a hard-working life insurance salesman and a caring family man, the former police officer, Michael MacCauley, has taken the commuter rail to New York for the past ten years. But, unexpectedly, things will take a turn for the worse, when on one of his daily journeys, the cryptic passenger, Joanna, makes Michael a generous and tempting offer to locate a single commuter or face grave consequences. Is this a sick joke, or is this indeed a serious situation? As Michael races against the clock to solve this wicked conundrum, everyone aboard is a suspect, in a deal where there's definitely more than meets the eye. Can he decide in time who's the one? An Insurance Salesman/Ex-Cop is caught up in a criminal conspiracy during his daily commute home. Yes!! I can hear you Clem Fandango!!<br/><br/>Good detectives should never get into insurance sales.<br/><br/>Hit men are much better than people who are forced to kill.<br/><br/>Trains will smash on impact but windows will always stay intact.<br/><br/>Liam Neeson will do any film. <br/><br/>Every train user is a Wing Chun expert.<br/><br/>Guitars do not hurt that bad when smashed into your face.<br/><br/>You can jump in slo mo much further than in real time.<br/><br/>Black men always die in films to maintain the natural balance of life. "You have no idea who you're up against." Typical dialogue from a typical thriller typically starring Liam Neeson.<br/><br/>If you think The Commuter is another cheesy Neeson thriller following the same weary plotline with his character saving the day, you'd be right. Yet, you'd be wrong if you didn't think this ersatz Hitchcockian thriller was a guilty pleasure because it is. In the spirit of Strangers on the Train and Speed, this whodunit travels at the speed of a runaway train and makes Murder on the Orient Express look like a sleeper car.<br/><br/>Mike McCauley (Neeson) gets drawn into a murder plot by femme fatale Joanna (Vera Farmiga) on a phallic train north out of Grand Central Station (North by Northwest anyone?) with a tight time frame, of course, and his family endangered if he doesn't help . He sells insurance and is ill-prepared for this dangerous ride. <br/><br/>The rest is boilerplate B movie thriller porn as it showcases a few bodies and many motives like a Golden Corral smorgasbord. As trite as it is, and you don't need to have seen Neeson's Taken or Non-Stop to figure what will happen, it moves like a, well, runaway train.<br/><br/>One fight sequence is a barn burner using everything available in the car from a guitar to an ax, seeming to compete with the memorable upstairs-downstairs fight sequence in Atomic Blonde. Both supposedly used one take, but that is arguable, yet even with heavy help from CGI, both seem seamless and get your blood speeding from your heart like, well, a high speed train.<br/><br/> Next time you think you'll enjoy the surprise company of a lovely blonde, get off at the next exit and take the bus. Or just enjoy this clichéd thriller that still manages to thrill. If Collet-Serra put Neeson on a merry-go-round and added some danger, I’d gladly show up.
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