At this point in his career, Liam Neeson isn’t turning anything down. There has been a lot of B-movies starring the actor, and “The Mongoose” is another one for the pile, putting Neeson behind the wheel of a fast car as his character spends 90 minutes trying to evade law enforcement for a crime, of course, his character didn’t commit. Director Mark Vanselow is making his helming debut with the picture, and he knows Neeson well, working as his stunt double, dating back to 2008’s “Taken.” Vanselow is attempting to generate lively entertainment, overseeing a film filled with speeding vehicles, swooping helicopters, and physical entanglements. “The Mongoose” has spirit when it comes to screen activity, but it’s also an incredibly dopey offering of action cinema, with screenwriter Thompson Evans painting conflict with primary colors as the whole endeavor attempts to become a new “Smokey and the Bandit” for older audiences. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com
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