Cold Pursuit

Name: Cold Pursuit
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime
Released: February 8, 2019
Duration: 119 min
Rating: 57
Cast: Aleks Paunovic, Ben Hollingsworth, Bradley Stryker, David O'Hara, Domenick Lombardozzi

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Lionsgate | Release Date: February 8, 2019 | R

Starring: Aleks Paunovic, Ben Hollingsworth, Bradley Stryker, David O'Hara, Domenick Lombardozzi, Elysia Rotaru, Emily Bruhn, Emmy Rossum, Jim Shield, John Doman, Julia Jones, Laura Dern, Liam Neeson, Michael Eklund, Micheál Richardson, Nicholas Holmes, Raoul Trujillo, Tom Bateman, Tom Jackson, Victor Zinck Jr., Wesley MacInnes, William Forsythe

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Cold Pursuit is a remake of In Order of Disappearance starring Stellan Skarsgård.

Summary: Nels Coxman (Liam Neeson) is a family man whose quiet life with his wife (Laura Dern) is upended following the mysterious death of their son. Nels' search for justice turns into a vengeful hunt for Viking (Tom Bateman), a drug lord he believes is connected to the death. As one by one each of Viking's associates "disappear," Nels goes fromNels Coxman (Liam Neeson) is a family man whose quiet life with his wife (Laura Dern) is upended following the mysterious death of their son. Nels' search for justice turns into a vengeful hunt for Viking (Tom Bateman), a drug lord he believes is connected to the death. As one by one each of Viking's associates "disappear," Nels goes from upstanding citizen to ice-cold vigilante, letting nothing - and no one - get in his way.… Expand

Director: Hans Petter Moland

Genre(s): Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 119 min

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Johnny Oleksinski

Feb 12, 2019

Cold Pursuit is stark and refreshing, like taking an icy swim with the Polar Bear Club. A jolt. The movie makes you want him to stay around for a while longer. Read full review

Ian Freer

Feb 20, 2019

A typically taciturn turn from Neeson is surrounded by a colourful cast, gallows humour and complete disrespect for cinematic stereotypes. A little bloated, maybe, but deserves kudos for joining the road not Taken. Read full review

James Berardinelli

Feb 11, 2019

Cold Pursuit has a strong current of dark humor winding through the proceedings. With a nod or two to Quentin Tarantino, he has fashioned a bizarrely entertaining ode to violence, gangsters, and heavy snowfall in the Rockies. Read full review

Mark Jenkins

Feb 5, 2019

An action thriller in which the Irish actor plays Nels Coxman, a snowplow operator at a Colorado ski resort with the death-dealing skills of a special-ops commando. This time, the absurdity is intentional. Read full review

Alonso Duralde

Jan 28, 2019

While director Hans Petter Moland’s remake of his own film “In Order of Disappearance” (Frank Baldwin adapts the original screenplay by Kim Fupz Aakeson) may fall short of its goals, it’s hard not to admire the film’s ambitions — and certain scenes, performances and even one-liners — even as its flaws start piling up. Read full review

Bilge Ebiri

Feb 11, 2019

Cold Pursuit ultimately winds up being about how unsatisfying films like Cold Pursuit can be. Read full review

Joe Morgenstern

Feb 7, 2019

The stupidity lacks smarts in the script department, and the joke, such as it is, wears thin, then turns sour. Read full review

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SERG12341

May 6, 2019

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The movie I loved it ! When I watched the film in a whole can say that Liam Neeson well played in this movie . I can't even understand why the Viking who's playing Tom Bateman is showing off , why and why he's the boss . In the end I want to say that the movie is fantastic !… Expand

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MarkHReviews

Feb 19, 2019

“Cold Pursuit” works at a lot of levels – on the ground, on mountain passes, in the air (the hang glider, really?!). It’s also a dark, sophisticated send-up of the revenge genre. With a title presumably inspired by the trope that “revenge is a dish best served cold,” this film starts out“Cold Pursuit” works at a lot of levels – on the ground, on mountain passes, in the air (the hang glider, really?!). It’s also a dark, sophisticated send-up of the revenge genre. With a title presumably inspired by the trope that “revenge is a dish best served cold,” this film starts out as an exercise in paint-by-numbers, but then veers off the guardrails into something much more interesting.

As Nels Coxman, Liam Neeson appears arthritically convincing as a 66-year-old action figure (“Taken,” “Taken 2,” if only there had been “the road not taken”). Coxman is a simple man. His Open Road snowplow business makes travel between Kehoe, Colorado and the outside world generally passable. He’s even named “Man of the Year” for his efforts. When his son is murdered by minions from a Denver drug gang, Coxman goes totally off the rails, murdering three drug runners complicit in the act and picking a fight with the drug lord himself. There’s no establishment of how Coxman has developed his sudden prowess in fights or with firearms. (I relied on the new Captain Marvel trailer for inspiration.) Neeson makes up for these oversights by brooding persuasively.

Eventually, though, this film evolves from a formulaic revenge story to a dark comedy. The first clue is that after the first death, a card pops up, joltingly, with the name of the deceased, his nickname and a cross above the writing. The process is repeated with each new killing. After a particularly brutal showdown, there are more than a dozen names on the screen. The genre-bending doesn’t end there. In a resort hotel, a menacing gangster growls about what he might do to the hotel employee who has displeased him – with his brutal comments on Yelp. When Coxman’s young abductee requests a bedtime story, Coxman obligingly lies quietly beside his captive, reading the child the sales brochure for a new snowplow he recently purchased. At the end of the film, the cast is listed “in order of disappearance.”

This last bit is a deep bow to the original source material: the Norwegian film “In Order of Disappearance” (2014) starring Stellan Skarsgard. Much of the film has a Scandinavian sensibility, particularly since Norwegian director Hens Petter Moland has directed this film as well as the original.

“Cold Pursuit” is refreshing, sometimes exhilarating and a totally unexpected departure from the revenge genre. If “Taken” and “Fargo” had a lovechild, and the Coen brothers acted as midwives, this might be that movie. But be forewarned: there’s a lot more blood in “Cold Pursuit” than that wood chipper ever generated.… Expand

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Meth-dude

Aug 12, 2020

"Cold Pursuit" was quite the surprise. With solid action sequences, beautiful cinematography, surprisingly funny moments and decent acting performances, you won't be bored. If you're in the mood for a darkly funny and entertaining action movie, you might end up enjoying it.

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LamontRaymond

Feb 8, 2019

One of the craziest, funniest revenge flicks I've ever seen. Definitely check your "plot hole" radar at the door. There are so many through lines in this sucker, it's sometimes too much, but there are so many likable element to it, you can forgive minor inconsistencies.

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Josephgamers65

Mar 17, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I hate this movie first the son dies which I was so happy because I thought this would be a revenge movie this movie is a killing spree there is I believe like 65 kills in this movie from both sides I just rewatched this movie I like it little bit more than last time not so much like I said before my problem is the killing they just kill someone for no reason So I give Cold Pursuit An D… Expand

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GrantD243

Oct 7, 2019

Cold Pursuit is such a weird film. The story is kind of messy but at the same time intriguing, and the premise comes off as a TV film that somehow snuck into cinemas except that...it's actually fairly well done? It's so confusing because for every thing this film does well there's alsoCold Pursuit is such a weird film. The story is kind of messy but at the same time intriguing, and the premise comes off as a TV film that somehow snuck into cinemas except that...it's actually fairly well done? It's so confusing because for every thing this film does well there's also something going against it. The unevenness of it all, though, is what drove me to give it the rating I did.… Expand

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Daniel_Endure

Feb 8, 2019

In no way, shape, or form is Cold Pursuit, "Taken on ice." A better way to describe the film is boredom on ice, or better yet, gutter trash on ice. This movie doesn't have a single redeeming moment in it. It's also not an action flick by the way; it's an overlong drama where the writers areIn no way, shape, or form is Cold Pursuit, "Taken on ice." A better way to describe the film is boredom on ice, or better yet, gutter trash on ice. This movie doesn't have a single redeeming moment in it. It's also not an action flick by the way; it's an overlong drama where the writers are more concerned about having side characters go off on some nonsense monologue rather than entertaining the audience with the thrills you'd expect from a Liam Neeson adventure. Okay, yes, I do have to give it some credit, there is a grand total of two minutes where Neeson punches some people in the face without them fighting back. The worst part about the film is that it all feels so unnatural... Some awful side plots between the police and a rival gang are thrown in and don't add up to much of anything. This is a zero out of ten, because in no way is any of it enthralling.… Expand

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