Non-Stop

Being as specific of a movie as this was, there isn’t much to synopsis without giving major spoilers, so that will be quick this week and then we will get to the good stuff.


An air marshal, Bill, on a transatlantic flight receives a series of text messages that threaten the lives of everyone on board, every 20 minutes, unless the airline transfers 150 million dollars into an account. In an attempt to save everyone Bill uses some unorthodox methods to find the killer, while the killer drags his reputation through the mud shifting all suspicion on to Bill.


 Like I said short and simple. Looking at the movies that Liam Neeson has done in the past few years is very surprising, they have been some amazing films, but it is interesting that the industry took a bit of a leap to make an older actor the new action star of the decade. To me, other than playing historical figures his roles have mostly been supportive father or villains lackey. So it was a surprise to see him in Batman Begins at the end with a sweet fight scene, and then to follow that performance up with Taken, a masterpiece of action that was expertly executed by Liam. But I will say even though he is amazing, he runs the risk of overdoing it, he has had a movie out almost every year and they all follow the same basic plot, of a man who is either an officer/agent or an ex officer/agent that is in a situation where he needs to kick ass and solve the problem. I have not been let down yet by one of his movies, but Taken 2 was not as successful as the first and they are in the works of making a third instalment, so we have to watch out for that. Out of all the older male action stars, the only 2 that I respect the films they make to this day are Liam Neeson and Bruce Willis, all the others are just beating the dead horse of their action careers and need to move on to other genres of movies.

That being said Taken on a Plane, I mean Non-Stop, was a decent movie. It wasn’t a great movie, but it was an interesting study in dangerous situations in a confined space. If you are looking for something to watch it is a good choice, but you don’t have to see it in theaters, just in a dark quiet room so you can achieve maximum movie mode out of it.


I give it a 2.5 out of 5

Written by Jeff Potts