Today there is the same two action films with Liam Neeson on TV. The Irishman can be seen in his signature role as a lone wolf with a big heart. The starting signal is the highly exciting thriller 96 Hours and is followed by Run All Night. Here Neeson proves his fatherly qualities again, this time as a mafia hit man.
Excitement until the last minute: 96 Hours on TV
The action marathon starts with an exciting thriller that is probably every father’s nightmare. Bryan Mills (Neeson) reluctantly lets his 17-year-old daughter travel to Paris with a friend. His worries soon prove to be justified, as the two young women are kidnapped and Bryan only has 96 hours to find his daughter before the traffickers make her disappear forever in their extensive network.
The thriller offers adrenaline-charged suspense until the end. The entertaining chases and fast-paced fight scenes in which Neeson slaughters one person after another provide really good entertainment. Because the agent has very special abilities, as he says in an infamous sentence at the beginning of the film. The The scene was extremely embarrassing for the actorbut fortunately director Pierre Morel prevailed and insisted on the dialogue.
In Run All Night, Liam Neeson has to save his son from the mafia
Neeson also has to save his offspring afterwards. In Run All Night he plays mafia hit man Jimmy Conlon, whose son Mike (Joel Kinnaman) witnesses a murder and ends up on gang boss Shawn Maguire’s (Ed Harris) hit list. The former close friendship between Conlon and Maguire doesn’t help either. Father and son are now forced to flee across New York, where they have to deal with corrupt cops and Irish gangsters.
The Moviepilot community rates Run All Night with a good 6.5 points. It doesn’t come close to the strong 7.8 rating from 96 Hours, but it still makes a difference exciting action with carefully developed characterswhich tells a story of revenge and regret, according to Rotten Tomatoes.
When are 96 Hours and Run All Night with Liam Neeson on TV?
RTL II shows the action marathon on today Sunday, September 29th. The start is 96 Hours 8:15 p.m and then Run All Night is on 10:00 p.m. The repeat will also be available in a double pack on the night of September 30th at 2:20 a.m. and 3:55 a.m.
If you miss the films on TV, you can stream 96 Hours with a subscription on Disney+, among others, and Run All Night is available to buy or rent on Amazon Prime Video.
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