THE COMMUTER (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Liam Neeson (Taken), Vera Farmiga (The Conjuring), Patrick Wilson (Little Children), Jonathan Banks (Mudbound), Elizabeth McGovern (Ragtime), Sam Neill (Hunt for the Wilderpeople), Dean-Charles Chapman (Breathe), Florence Pugh (Lady Macbeth), Clara Lago (Carol’s Journey), Kingsley Ben-Adir (Trespass Against Us), Killian Scott (Calvary), Letitia Wright (My Brother The Devil), Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (Paddington 2), Roland Møller (Atomic Blonde)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Jaume Collet-Serra (The Shallows), director; Philip de Blasi (film debut) and Byron Willinger (film debut), writers; Alex Heineman (Non-Stop) and Andrew Rona (Unknown), producers; Roque Baños (Don’t Breathe), composer; Paul Cameron (Collateral), cinematographer; Nicolas De Toth (Into the Blue), editor

WHAT’ S IT ABOUT?

Michael (Neeson) is an insurance salesman who is simply on the train home from work, when he is approached by a mysterious stranger by the name of Joanna (Farmiga), who forces him to uncover the identity of a hidden passenger before the last stop. As he races against time to solve her puzzle, Michael soon realises that he has unwittingly been caught up in something much bigger, which could also have dire consequences for himself and the many other passengers on the train…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Liam Neeson reunites once more with director Jaume Collet-Serra for a fun, tense and highly entertaining thriller that he seems to be perfectly comfortable with by now.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 19TH JANUARY 2018

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