And despite his ever-formidable presence, Neeson seems to be going through the motions, even as he’s kicking ass. Director Robert Lorenz seems to be aiming for the kind of cranky-old-man-on-a-mission movies Clint Eastwood has directed and stars in of late-which makes sense, given that Lorenz has produced several Eastwood films over the past two decades including “ Million Dollar Baby” and “ Gran Torino” and directed him in “Trouble With the Curve.” But while the sheen of such movies exists here-perhaps too much, given the subject matter-the substance is sorely missing. The story is thin, the suspense is wan, and the action sequences are uninspired.
There’s not much to the character Neeson plays, or anyone else in the film, for that matter.
But this year’s entry in the subgenre, “The Marksman,” is particularly mediocre. It’s time for your annual Liam Neesoning: that cinematic tradition in which the seasoned star plays a grizzled character with a particular set of skills, which come in handy to dispatch bad guys and rescue good ones.
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