Review of Retribution (2023) by David Fear for Rolling Stone — 25 Aug 2023
Retribution is not the worst of his thrillers/action movies — that honor belongs to either last year’s god-awful Blacklight or this freezer-burned turkey — but it does suggest that Neeson may want to consider retiring from the everyman action-hero beat for good.
What once felt like a niche being expertly filled now resembles a formula beaten into submission, like so many nameless thugs threatening the safety of a tough guy’s offspring.
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This review of Retribution (2023) was written by David Fear and published by Rolling Stone on 25 Aug 2023.
Retribution has generally received mixed reviews.
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