But hes wondering if hell ever make it to nine, what with this crazy case hes on. Matt regularly attends Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in an effort to stay liquor- and drug-free. Parker Posey stars in this update of Chekhov, swapping familiar New York intelligentsia types for the Russian bourgeoisie. Or booze. He did it as an unhinged dad in "Taken," as a surly air marshal in "Non-Stop" and now as a haunted ex-cop in "Tombstones.". That was pretty cool. Tombstones really feels like a New York City story, and with some beautiful work from cinematographer Mihai Malaimare Jr., that palpably evokes the neighbourhoods that Scudder haunts in the novel as well. All an accident. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google He has the wisdom to know what cant be changed and what can. Indeed, the bad guys display all manner of bloody tools and blades that they use to maim, torture and kill. Oh, hopefully more people contribute to this discussion. The bartender is killed by two armed men who enter the room. A Walk Among the Tombstones isn't a kill-'em-all Taken-style actioner. ; Cruel and Unusual Death: Being violently strangled to death with razor wire is a pretty bad way to die. Taser jolts hit a head and a crotch. TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Matt Scudder. Starring: Liam Neeson, Dan Stevens, David Harbour. The movie's lean plot, a wealth of action and Neeson's commanding presence made it a surprise hit and it received two sequels. And the challenge is to make those little moves feel big enough that they warrant a movie. The two kidnappers, Ray and Albert, surveil the home of Yuri Landau, another drug trafficker. Firstly, there is no shootout in the graveyard, a sequence which seems invented purely for the sake of putting action on the screen. A shootout ensues. Because this is actually more of a gumshoe investigators tale, a gritty cop-turned-unlicensed-detective story (based on a rough-and-tumble Lawrence Block novel). [20] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale. The film is largely faithful to the core story of the novel, while cutting several subplots and supporting characters. He regularly has a cigarette in his mouth. The challenge is to translate the feel of those novels into something visual, and then from a story standpoint, the moves in these stories are very small, writer/director Scott Frank told us about bringing Lawrence Blocks 1992 book A Walk Among The Tombstones to the big screen. But the way the movie stands, its as if a vital body part has been lopped off. The killers buy a guy drinks to better pump him for information. Ireland. He has written words for Den of Geek, Collider, The Irish Times and Screen Rant over the years, and can discuss anything from the MCU - where Hawkeye is clearly the best character - to the most obscure cult b-movie gem, and his hot takes often require heat resistant gloves to handle. Leave it to the real cops, he told the guy. It takes the eccentricity of diverse ethnic and sexual types in the urban jungle and uses them cynically--first in Lawrence Block's 1992 crime thriller novel and now in director Scott Frank's own kind of Hollywood film noir pornography. In 'The Grey', a movie completely steered away from the idea of crime, he was still a pretty knowledgeable badass who could kill if he needed. Franks biggest challenge was introducing a Block regular a wayward black teen named TJ (Brian Astro Bradley) who talks himself into Scudders life without making the relationship seem too sentimental. [18], On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 68% based on 165 reviews, with an average rating of 6.20/10. "A Walk Among the Tombstones" starts out as another Film Noir-ish Liam Neeson action thriller. Its true that the books ending would have been hard to bring off. "I just wanted" Maybe "I just wanted to make Ray happy?". In fact, at first its hard to see where tombstones fit in at all. He hits his AA meetings on a regular basis. R (Disturbing Images|Brief Nudity|Language|Strong Violence), Crime, Scudder initially refuses the case but then he accepts. One thing I am glad they didn't spoil was that the movie is set in 1999. , and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes. But this movie has a bit more to offer. This email will be used to sign into all New York sites. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Former cop Matt Scudder is now a private eye. In 1991 New York, Matt Scudder is an alcoholic police detective. Now I know what it is. All Rights Reserved. And in watching the film this past weekend, you can clearly see Franks moves to make Tombstones an action movie, while keeping the thematic texture and pulp grit of Blocks source material. In fact, at first it's hard to see where tombstones fit in at all. He does some research and thinks the men he is looking for have done this more than once and that everyone they grabbed is connected to a drug dealer. what do you guys think the quiet bad guy was about to say before he was interrupted by Liam Neeson at the end of the movie? The first big-screen adaptation of these novels was 1986's 8 Million Ways To Die, which cast Jeff Bridges as Scudder. Could be wrong though. My main question is: How did T.J. get into the van with the fire fight going on? Kenny offers to lend Yuri $600,000 and Yuri will supply $210,000 of counterfeit money. Liam Neeson then became the go-to leading man for action thrillers for a period, leading toThe A-Team, Run All Night and several others. After a desperate struggle, Scudder shoots Albert in the head without trying to take him prisoner. Running over 400 pages long, Blocks book obvoiusly has a lot more plot, and for the most part, Frank does a pretty good job of streamlining the story. Purchase A Walk Among the Tombstones on digital and stream instantly or download offline. As presented in the film, Scudder is an ex-cop and recovering alcoholic. Hence why the former killed the latter, because he had gotten what he wanted and didn't like the dude. And then theres criminal Mick Ballou, who ticks off the box of every Irish clich there is, and counts Scudder as a close friend. The movie ends on a more hopeful note than the novel, with Matt coming back from killing Albert to see TJ asleep and having drawn a version of himself as a superhero with a sickle emblem on his outfit - a reference to his sickle cell anemia. But when he understands the depth of the murderers depravity and the inevitability that theyll kill again and again he knows he has no choice. Retracing steps. Scudder refuses. In our interview with Frank, he noted that Ruth Wilson who had her scenes cut played a key figure in Scudders life, one that was changed from the books from a man to a woman. I agree on the green screen, it was weak. Despite a screenplay by Oliver Stone and a great supporting cast, it was a critical and financial bomb. Loogan arrives and admits that he helped kidnap Leila. Set in 1999, the film follows a retired cop turned private investigator Matthew Scudder being dragged into a kidnapping/murder case. He was Ray & Albert's accomplice. Matt Scudder. By submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy and to receive email correspondence from us. A while later, police arrive at the crime scene with Scudder observing from afar. A Walk Among the Tombstones kept me invested throughout the entire run time of the film, featuring Liam Neeson who is great as usual, very dark tone and a well written script. People are afraid of all the wrong things. He had conspired to take Leila away from Reuben, who is a drug dealer, and help her stop using drugs. Slim, blond types (one bland, the other goateed), they recall the gay Nazi-like killers in Michael Haneke's American remake of his sadistic art-movie Funny Games. Cinemark And there I would leave it if not for that botched climax. The haunted title of A Walk Among the Tombstones suggests that one's bigoted reflexes are common, lying just beneath the surface. Im glad Liam Neesons character wasnt made out to be this bad ass who could fight off 15 men at once. Kenny/Kenan stays behind, and later tells Scudder exactly what he did to Ray: he cut out his eyes, chopped off his hands and feet, and cut out his tongue. This weekend, yet another story is told about our leading action actor, entitled A Walk Among The Tombstones. But not guns. Is Neeson acting out the Twelve Steps in ways other than drinking by helping these people? He then enters a bar where cops don't have to pay for their drinks. THE FILM: Despite having a run-of-the-mill story, A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES has some of best character work that Liam Neeson has done in a long time. The site's critical consensus reads, "A Walk Among the Tombstones doesn't entirely transcend its genre clichs, but it does offer Liam Neeson one of his more compelling roles in recent memory, and that's often enough. In Blocks version, Ray (David Harbour) calmly garrottes his partner before Scudder and his pals get there. It was the combination that turned him into this. It contains a mix of suspense, thriller and neo-noir elements. Liam Neeson, astute gentleman, legendary Jedi, and assassin who can hunt anyone down who takes his family. It's only to TJ that he confesses that one of his shots killed a young girl. Get the freshest reviews, news, and more delivered right to your inbox! The last scene of the film is Scudder sitting in his apartment, TJ asleep on his couch. 5. 2014 movie based on the book of the same name by Lawrence Block. We want to hear what you have to say but need to verify your account. Liam Neeson's late-career resurgence, began, I suppose, with the reprehensible Taken series and has sprung from there into the kind of auto-branding most stars get to enjoy in the prime of their . What I cant accept is the loss of the finale that gives A Walk Among the Tombstones its grisly poetic symmetry and conclusively demonstrates the difference between Scudders passive acceptance of violence and the vigilante fury of the man hes working for. Scudder and Kenny find TJ outside the house and they all silently enter the house finding Albert calmly eating his dinner. I also remember Ray saying that Kenny did him wrong somehow. Ive been reading Lawrence Blocks New Yorkset Matthew Scudder detective novels for almost three decades and hoping that some filmmaker would finally nail their distinctive, highly influential vibe, in which the PI hero meets sadism with grim stoicism but goes all-out to get the bad guys anyway: If its in his control to do something, he will he must act. A Walk Among the Tombstones received mixed to positive reviews from critics. A Walk Among the Tombstones opens in theaters Sept. 19. A Walk Among The Tombstones made the movie version of Scudder more of a loner, whereas in the book he has a relationship with a prostitute named Elaine and friendships with other characters who were trimmed out. Deadpan Snarker: When Scudder remarks that the duo cut Yuri's daughter's fingers, he dryly and mockingly responds they did so before a deal had . (The camera finally looks away before he cuts and she screams.). Scudder talks to Leila's fianc, Reuben, who saw two men drag her into a van driven by a third. Fortunately when the call is made, the killers are out of the van in the pouring rain. His transformation throughout the movie was cool, too. For some reason, Neeson and Frank have decided to give Scudder a New Yawk accent, though that hurts less than it might since its always slipping. [13] On October 18, 2013, Block tweeted that he had seen the film and revealed producers were aiming for a September 2014 release. "[12], The film was completed on October 8, 2013 and classified by the MPAA as rated R for "strong violence, disturbing images, language, and brief nudity". Because this is actually more of a gumshoe investigator's tale, a gritty cop-turned-unlicensed . Drug dealer Kenny Kristo (Dan Stevens, The Guest) and his brother Pete (Boyd Holbrook) were Lebanese in the novel and whereas the movie ends with both men dead - with Pete dying during the graveyard shootout and Kenny being murdered offscreen - the book plays out much differently. And while TJ does tip off Scudder and co. to the location of the killers home, in the book this is accomplished much earlier and without the hokeyness of him jumping in the back of the van. Kenny brings Scudder to Yuri Landau's home, where the kidnappers call and arrange to exchange ransom for Lucia at a cemetery. The gay villains of A Walk Among the Tombstones are an effete duo who dress in Bobbsey Twin uniformity. Scudder then goes inside a pub and orders a cup of coffee with shots. The Magical Last Hours of the Flix Gonzlez-Torres Show. Is "A Walk Among the Tombstones" based on a book? Terms of Service apply. When a drug dealer's 14-year-old daughter is also kidnapped, Scudder heads a group to rescue her. The plot is realistic and the viewer follows Scudder investigation. I had such high hopes for this movie.When I 1st saw the trailer I couldn't wait to see it.Now after watching A Walk Among The Tombstones I'm so disappointed.It was an OK movie (I guess) but it's not something I'd watch again anytime soon.I might watch it again in a couple years if there's nothing else on or I'm in a mood but that's it.Even then I'd probably try & find something better to watch.I think my main problem with the movie wasn't that it was slow at times but that it was too gruesome.Some scenes just had me cringing & seemed too real.1 thing I'm truly happy about is that I got to see this movie for free & didn't have to pay a thing to watch it.I can only imagine how disappointed I'd be if I had to pay to see it.The best thing about A Walk Among The Tombstones was definitely the trailer. with updates on movies, TV shows, Rotten Tomatoes podcast and more. But its probably something expository dialogue couldve handled a bit more smoothly, without so obviously handholding the audience. Her husband coughed up a $400,000 ransom, but it didnt save her. All rights reserved. Soon he finds that the killers have murdered other women connected to drug dealers and they get their files from the DEA. You\'ll receive the next newsletter in your inbox. The pair of villains are mostly the same too, but given a more pronounced presence in the film, to probably set up a better dynamic between them and anti-hero Scudder. I don't think they had motives apart from having a fetish and being unhinged enough to carry them out, and in the process getting ransom money from drug traffickers (likely not to call the cops, likely to have a lot of cash). Read on to uncover the details. 2023 IndieWire Media, LLC. People who enjoy thrillers are so accustomed to the cat-and-mouse storytelling dynamic that they think the hero/villain dichotomy is unavoidable. A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014) Plot Showing all 4 items Jump to: Summaries (3) Synopsis (1) Summaries Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife. Its that earnest effort to save, to beat time, to help the desperate and to make amends for past wrongs that turns a few steps in this long walk in the right direction. the Terms and Policies, and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes. I think I might have to tell Adam Scott that hes a really big influence to me, as a caterer., Toni Collette Is a Mob Boss Dressed Like a Librarian. This password will be used to sign into all, Okay, TikTok, You Can Calm Down About Aubrey Plaza at the SAG Awards Now, Shakira Takes Some Pointers From Taylor Swift, The Surprisingly Contrarian Case Against Lying About Science, Ed Sheeran Completes His PEMDAS Era With New Album, ASTROs Rocky Leaves the Group After Ending Contract. Its a nice undercurrent to a very grim story, and one sorely missed in the film. In 1991, while driving with his partner, Detective Matthew "Matt" Scudder is urged to seek assistance and told that he is not a trustworthy backup. We also hear a handful each of a and bch. Christs name is abused once or twice. PREVIEW. [4], The film earned $428,000 from Thursday night from 1,918 theaters, and $4.7 million from 2,712 theaters on its opening day. Theyre grinning kidnappers of women who take the ransom and then return their victims, as agreed only lovingly cut into small pieces. ASTRO will continue on as a five member K-Pop group. Peter is killed, and Scudder wounds Ray. After Albert and Ray arrive at their place, TJ sneaks out of the van. This 10-digit number is your confirmation number. Matt Follows Loogan. Demme's films are proof that the best movies--and real works of art--don't simplify life to heroes and villains. Nothing more, nothing less. Was on the edge on my seat at least 3/4s of the movie's time length. They seemed quite fucked in the head. A Walk Among the Tombstones doesn't entirely transcend its genre clichs, but it does offer Liam Neeson one of his more compelling roles in recent memory, and that's often enough. Climax 1:28. Liam Neeson stars in A Walk Among the Tombstones, an action-thriller based on Lawrence Block's bestselling series of mystery novels. Both of these things are true to the source material, but in the books by Lawrence Block, he has a much more interesting intersection of people in his life. Scudder, then, is much different from Neesons other bad-guy-hunter, Bryan Mills, in the Taken movies. Maybe I missed something. Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife. A Walk Among the Tombstones. Wanted to know if others saw it/thought about it. Its clear from the sunless palette and the measured, one-thing-after-another pacing that Frank loves Blocks work, and that goes a long way. "[19] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 57 out of 100, based on 36 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". And theyd probably keep doing this. While the streetwise TJ (Astro) does appear in the film, the character is presented as someone Scudder happens to come across while doing research at the library. So whether he wants to or not, Matts burning shoe leather on the grimy streets of New York. If you know me by now though, there is always the skepticism of being let down by the actual film. Scudder returns home to find TJ sleeping on the couch and spots a drawing that TJ made of himself as a superhero, with a sickle on his costume representing his sickle cell anemia. In fact, after at first leaving a killers fate to vigilante justice, Matt realizes he has to turn back and bring the man to the legal authorities instead. However he changes his mind and goes back, which is just as well, as Albert has escaped his bonds. Just leave us a message here and we will work on getting you verified. I think the one who said ''I just wanted'' was doing it for the money and the other guy really took pleasure in it. Please reference Error Code 2121 when contacting customer service. In the end, Matthew has Albert subdued on the floor with a gun pointed at his head. A Walk Among the Tombstones - Rotten Tomatoes Trending on RT Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania Cocaine Bear The Last of Us Knock at the Cabin Most popular View All A Walk Among the Tombstones R. Drake, Usher, and Burna Boy to Headline J. Coles Dreamville Festival. He seemed very human, and didn't even want to handle this case to begin with. Throughout the whole movie, I just wanted Ray and his companion to die. TJ helps with the research. 055 New movies & TV, plus Liam Neeson & Kevin Smith interviews. Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. The girl taken hostage is alive, but not entirely unharmed. TJ Its tense, its moody and prickly, and its ultimately bloody and grim and deadly. Other notable changes in A Walk Among The Tombstones includes (slightly) updating the setting to 1999. Kenny drinks hard liquor as well. Matt Follows Loogan. He's super modern too, so his favorite movies include Jaws, Die Hard, The Thing, Ghostbusters and Batman. Scudder then enters a bar and gets coffee with shots. Scudder eventually learns that the victim Marie Gotteskind was a DEA agent and determines that whoever murdered her also has her files, which they have been using to target drug dealers and traffickers. Set in 1999, the film follows a retired cop turned private investigator Matthew Scudder being dragged into a kidnapping/murder case. He only half-succeeds it is sentimental but it helps that Bradley has a hard, unbeatific face, and that the movie needs his bopping energy. Neither is it some kind of man-against-the-monsters supernatural thriller like the title might suggest. You're almost there! How viewers can change the meaning of a great artists work. i really liked it overal, it gave a bit of a gran torino vibe in the best possible way, the song during the credit's black hole sun really suited the atmosphere. He reads about victims Marie Gotteskind and Leila Andresen. Padraig has been writing about film online since 2012, when a friend asked if he'd like to contribute the occasional review or feature to their site. Coming Soon, Regal Two armed men come in and kill the bartender. There is also a large portion of Scudders detective work in the book that involves utilizing a pair of hackers to get into NYNEX (with laptops, external modems, and acoustic couplers if you want to get an idea of how technologically ancient Blocks book is) to uncover phone logs for him, which Frank rightly jettisons, as its a lot of tech talk and not that cinematic. There was a pattern here. Whats there now is not just different from the novel, it also features a recitation woven through the action of all 12 AA steps, which just seems weird. Boys beat up TJ in an alley, giving him a black eye and a cut on his forehead. Conclusion Adam David Thompson (left) and David Harbour play gay serial killers in 'A Walk Among the Tombstones'. What was cut from the British release of the film? Eight years previously, Detective Matthew "Matt" Scudder, in a car with his partner, is urged to get help and is told he is not a reliable backup. Albert manages to mumble "Y'know, I just wanted to-" before Matthew shoots him dead. Frank and Block are obviously ripping-off the heinous. He sees polaroid photos of Reuben and Leila having sex. Starring Liam Neeson. 2014 | Maturity Rating: 16+ | 1h 54m | Thriller Movies. A Walk Among The Tombstones' movie finale sees Scudder and Kenny tracking down kidnapper Albert after the gunfight, with the latter having killed wounded partner Ray. He does favorsdeliveries and little look-seesfor folks who need him. Coming Soon. Its easy to see why a major studio wouldnt necessarily get behind a movie about a former alcoholic ex-cop turned private investigator, whose girlfriend is a prostitute, who helps a drug dealer find the men who killed his wife, and then has the dealer gruesomely kill the criminal. Truth be told, Matt didnt want anything to do with this mess. Coming Soon. Unavailable on an ad-supported plan due to licensing restrictions. Ray And Albert. Taken 4 Updates: Will The Liam Neeson Sequel Happen? [21], Richard Roeper gave the film a B+ rating, calling the film "a stylish and smart thriller". A drug kingpin hires troubled ex-cop Matt Scudder to find his wife's killers, a hunt that leads to shocking revelations in New York's underworld. And Blocks story is pre-internet/pre-cellphone too, which lends it a grittier feeling. Both in the book and film, TJ is urban in the most gauche way possible, complete with street speak, though arguably in Franks film, its a bit more scaled back. During a conversation with TJ, Scudder explains why he retired. Ray is a smug sadist while Albert is an emotionless sociopath. Albert betrays the wounded Ray by strangling him to death with a metal wire while in the basement. The long-delayed second part of the canceled HBO series came and went so quietly you were bound to miss it. It stars Liam Neeson, Dan Stevens, David Harbour, and Boyd Holbrook. Submissions should be for the purpose of informing or initiating a discussion, not just to entertain readers. Her body was found chopped into neatly wrapped pieces in the back of an abandoned car. The 12 steps during the gunfight was especially neat. 'A Walk Among the Tombstones' is a 2014 American neo-noir action thriller film directed and written by Scott Frank, and based on the 1992 novel of the same title by Lawrence Block. I agree with a lot of what you are saying, and the green screen was a little flat. Scudder's attendance at AA meetings was a bigger part of the novel, while the movie shows the first meeting between the ex-cop and his young friend/assistant TJ, but in the novels, he was introduced in an earlier book. A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES NOTE: This spoiler was submitted by Jeremy New York City, 1991 - Detective Matt Scudder (Liam Neeson) is in a car with his partner. [22] Manohla Dargis in The New York Times called it "one of those rare cinematic offerings: intelligent pulp" but also noted that the film "can be tough to watch, particularly its fleeting images of tortured women". Action, RT Podcast: Ep. Even with Liam Neeson in the lead, its not the most likely project to get a greenlight (and indeed Frank said that without Neeson, this movie would never have happened). But his sentiment certainly doesnt put the brakes on all the bloodletting in this film. Another is pounded in the knee and face with a baseball bat, leaving his nose and mouth bleeding. As for which is better, its a bit of an unfair question to ask. Its an interesting look at the process and adaptation, but warning: spoilers ahead. Kennys brother Peter is a drug addict who attends AA meetings with Matt. Sign up for our Email Newsletters here. For while this R-rated and often dour flick doesnt applaud violence, it certainly crams lots of it in. And we hear quite a lot about the drug trade and the people who are either caught in it or are furthering it. The film was released on September 19, 2014. Scudder takes the job. Kenan Khoury survives in the book, but Kenny Kristo is killed in the movie, being shot, Ray asks his brother Albert to treat his wounds. Neeson turns in a solid performance, backed by a good supporting cast that features Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey) as a sympathetic drug trafficker and a couple of really vicious bad guys. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a rating of 65%, based on 144 reviews, with an average rating of 6.2/10.The site's consensus reads, "A Walk Among the Tombstones doesn't entirely transcend its genre clichs, but it does offer Liam Neeson one of his more compelling roles in recent memory, and that's often enough." The bartender serves Matt two shots and a cup of coffee. Kenny asks Scudder to help him find his wifes killers. (He also tithes a percentage of his fees to various churches.) But that film's concept of social and sexual loners was problematic--and way too subtle (which may have inspired Demme to immediately follow up with the gay-affirming protest film Philadelphia). When his rehab comrade Peter Kristo invites him to visit his brother Kenny, a drug dealer, Scudder learns that Kenny's wife Carrie Kristo was abducted and cut into pieces by her kidnappers; now Kenny wants to find the killer to get revenge. It stars Liam Neeson, Dan Stevens, David Harbour, and Boyd Holbrook. However, they see his 14-year-old daughter, Lucia, and Ray decides to kidnap her. I enjoyed it, but the ending felt a little flat. Mystery & thriller, While the film is more of a thriller than an action movie, a few setpieces were added like the graveyard shootout and the final fight to beef up the action quota. We see their body parts, wrapped in plastic and paper, in the back of a car, in a dumpster, on the grounds of a graveyard and floating in a pond. He tells Scudder that he should be scared of the other two men because theyre not human. He feeds his pigeons, gives Scudder one name, "Ray," and then he jumps off the roof to his death. As for the killers turning on each other, that shift doesnt need the excuse of the gunshot wound. A wire garrote is used to slash open a throat. A Walk Among the Tombstones. Scudder shoots one, pursues and kills the second assailant, and the getaway driver. If there are further cinematic stories to come from Scudder (though the box office suggests there might not be) we hope more of his personal life enters the picture, as it makes him a more interesting character, with more to lose too. 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