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By Debopriyaa Dutta (45) for Screen Rant (892) on 11 Feb 2022

There is nothing remarkable or special about Blacklight — it's fairly empty, a boilerplate series of dialogue, action, dialogue…

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By Michael O'sullivan (1,712) for Washington Post (9,851) on 10 Feb 2022

For fans of Neeson as action hero, “Blacklight” may be something of a disappointment, at least measuring it against the yardstick of previous…

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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 10 Feb 2022

This particular “Blacklight” is pure, overblown, cliché-riddled fiction…

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By Amy Nicholson (961) for The New York Times (9,847) on 10 Feb 2022

At least Williams displays a bit of inventive flair with novel booby traps and a chase scene that features a lurching garbage truck…

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By Joe Leydon (915) for Variety (12,700) on 10 Feb 2022

If you approach it with sufficiently lowered expectations, and have fond memories of the ’70s paranoid dramas that obviously inspired director…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 10 Feb 2022

In terms of storytelling, excitement, and overall entertainment value, Blacklight is a black hole…

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By Robert Abele (1,309) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 10 Feb 2022

The kind of low-wattage, paint-by-numbers thriller that usually signifies a perilous turn toward the action purgatory that is cheap, direct-to-nowhere…

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By Trace Sauveur (69) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 10 Feb 2022

Yet another clunky thriller predicated on having Liam Neeson afford it some form of legitimacy, this Mark Williams-directed film is part political…

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By Jocelyn Noveck (253) for The Associated Press (882) on 10 Feb 2022

As for Neeson, what can we say? He could keep doing this ’til he’s 80, but surely there’s something better out there…

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By Todd Gilchrist (762) for TheWrap (3,203) on 09 Feb 2022

Blacklight is an unsurprisingly tepid action thriller which extends this odd phase of Neeson’s career, but the best thing that can probably…

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By Frank Scheck (1,741) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 09 Feb 2022

Lacking a high concept or memorable central character, the film is a by-the-numbers actioner that coasts on its star’s soulful gravitas and…

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By Josh Spiegel (148) for Slashfilm (971) on 09 Feb 2022

It's hard to know whether the challenges of making a rough-and-tumble action movie with Liam Neeson at the helm now stem from age or from making…

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By Derek Smith (382) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 09 Feb 2022

Instead of elaborating its plot, Blacklight offers up repetitious, dialogue-driven scenes that deliver only the shallowest of exposition, advancing…

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By Barry Hertz (792) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 09 Feb 2022

Much as I have enjoyed the actor’s embrace of scuzzy revenge-thrillers, he may have hit the point of diminishing returns…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 08 Feb 2022

Neeson always gives fair value in these woebegone, quick-and-dirty actioners…

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