Sentences with phrase «neeson as an action hero»

It did amazing business, and established Neeson as an action hero at the age of 56, which he's parlayed into a numerous other heroic roles well into his 60s.

Not exact matches

Denzel Washington balances the scales of justice — and challenges Liam Neeson for a slice of the middle - aged action - hero pie — in «The Equalizer,» an ultraviolent update of the 1985 - 89 CBS drama series that featured Edward Woodward as a former government agent turned pro-bono avenging angel.

Liam Neeson's «retirement» as an action hero turned out to be less an actual retirement and more of a temporary hiatus.

Liam Neeson would run away from a fist fight.The 65 - year - old actor starred as action hero Bryan Mills in the «Taken» franchise, but in contrast to...

The 6» 4» Neeson is perfect as an action hero, and this is the fourth action movie he's completed with director Jaume Collet - Serra.

Fight or flight: Liam Neeson's second career as a silent, vengeful action hero reaches new heights

Could you ever have imagined Liam Neeson's late career as an action hero?

Had this Taken on a Train redux a good shake more intelligence and a portion less generic action hero fisticuffs, casting Neeson as down - on - his - luck ex-cop turned insurance - hawking family man Michael MacCauley would make perfect sense.

But the question is — as was with the similarly European - backed, one - word titled thrillers «Taken,» «Taken 2» and «Unknown» — what to make of this unlikely action hero turn for Neeson at 61?

It may not boast Gary Oldman doing a Russian accent, Nic Cage in a wife beater or Jack Lemmon at the controls but, with king of the disyllabic action movie skies, Liam Neeson, as its plucky hero, this is pure guilty pleasure cinema.

Neeson, who has established himself well enough as an action hero, kicks ass yet again in this tense, edge - of - your seat film.