Film Review – Blacklight

Liam Neeson has been doing the same thing for many years now, cashing in as an unusual action hero for an older audience. He’s made serviceable bruisers in recent years (“The Marksman,” “The Ice Road”), and he reteams with his “Honest Thief” director, Mark Williams, for “Blacklight,” which is, of course, about a character with a particular set of skills who switches to protection mode when he’s threatened by bad guys. What’s slightly different about “Blacklight” is its push to be taken seriously as a story concerning the hazards of journalism, which is blended with the usual business involving Neeson’s character and his way with violence. The writing (by Williams and Nick May) is trying to comment on the ways of today’s world, delving into conspiracies and government betrayals, but the two sides of the endeavor fail to gel into one complete Neeson-y joyride, leaving the final cut tonally inconsistent and a tad silly. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com