Blacklight

Name: Blacklight
Genre: Action, Thriller
Released: February 11, 2022
Duration: 108 min
Rating: 27
Cast: Aidan Quinn, Andrew Shaw, Claire van der Boom, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Gabriella Sengos

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Open Road Films (II) | Release Date: February 11, 2022 | PG-13

Starring: Aidan Quinn, Andrew Shaw, Claire van der Boom, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Gabriella Sengos, Liam Neeson, Taylor John Smith, Tim Draxl, Yael Stone, Zac Lemons

Summary: Travis Block (Liam Neeson) is a government operative coming to terms with his shadowy past. When he discovers a plot targeting U.S. citizens, Block finds himself in the crosshairs of the FBI director he once helped protect.

Director: Mark Williams

Genre(s): Action, Thriller

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 108 min

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Todd Gilchrist

Feb 9, 2022

Blacklight is an unsurprisingly tepid action thriller which extends this odd phase of Neeson’s career, but the best thing that can probably be said about it is that it’s not materially worse than most of the others. Read full review

Amy Nicholson

Feb 10, 2022

At least Williams displays a bit of inventive flair with novel booby traps and a chase scene that features a lurching garbage truck. Read full review

Michael O'Sullivan

Feb 10, 2022

For fans of Neeson as action hero, “Blacklight” may be something of a disappointment, at least measuring it against the yardstick of previous thrillers in this particular branch of the actor’s body of work. Read full review

Vince Mancini

Feb 13, 2022

Blacklight’s filmmakers seem to have spent a lot time trying to figure out why Neeson would have to bonk some heads, and not nearly enough time storyboarding and staging elaborate, gloriously executed head bonks. Read full review

Trace Sauveur

Feb 10, 2022

Yet another clunky thriller predicated on having Liam Neeson afford it some form of legitimacy, this Mark Williams-directed film is part political intrigue, part actioner, part family drama – all destined for the bargain bin. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Glenn Kenny

Feb 11, 2022

Another season, another “Liam Neeson Has Skills” movie. Read full review

Joe Morgenstern

Feb 12, 2022

Blacklight isn’t much of a title. At the very least, though, it provides a useful hint that the movie isn’t much either. One could even argue that it’s not a movie at all, only a rusted-out recycling bin of ill-fitting themes, notions, poses, conventions, affectations, tropes, tropelets and inert snippets of dialogue from other movies. Read full review

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Mauro_Lanari

Jul 26, 2022

(Mauro Lanari)
The invincibility of the action heroes, which rivals the superomism of the Marvel characters, however, has the luck that its actors as they age are forced to re-propose themselves in excellent twilight action movies. "Blacklight" is one example of this ruined by an(Mauro Lanari)
The invincibility of the action heroes, which rivals the superomism of the Marvel characters, however, has the luck that its actors as they age are forced to re-propose themselves in excellent twilight action movies. "Blacklight" is one example of this ruined by an incomprehensibly clumsy script.… Expand