It’s Liam Neeson vs. Ed Harris in ‘Run All Night’ Trailer

Who would have thought just ten years ago that there would be a profitable subgenre of action films of old dudes kicking ass and that it would regularly star Liam Neeson? I’m sure there’s some cultural interpretation you can make of it that it’s the baby boomers’ backlash as they refuse to acknowledge their fading light and can still throw down like they used to back when men were men and were great, or something.

From Warner Bros., Liam Neeson’s next “I am Liam Neeson and you will die” movie is Run All Night, directed by Jaume Collet-Serra who previously worked with Liam Neeson in another, also so-very Liam Neeson movie Non-Stop. This time, Liam Neeson is mob hit man Jimmy Conlon, who went by the name “The Gravedigger,” and he’s pitted against his former boss Shawn Maguire (Ed Harris). With a nickname like that he should have tried independent wrestling.

It’s tit-for-tat when Jimmy kills Shawn’s son who in turn tried to kill Jimmy’s son (Joel Kinnaman). A vengeful Shawn then sends all his soldiers to hunt down Jimmy and his son and to escape they will run all night. Oh, I get it now! But can’t they just use their words? I’m sure this is all just a misunderstanding.

Run All Night is in theaters April 17, and unlike the title you should probably just sit down.