Sometimes the simplest ideas on paper are the most successful in practice. Take 2019’s “Cold Pursuit” as an example. This elevator pitch for this action-thriller movie is relatively straightforward: Liam Neeson on a revenge quest in snowy Colorado. And it’s just as enjoyable as that premise makes it sound.
Liam Neeson’s credentials as an action movie star have been well established. Even since featuring in 2008’s “Taken,” the Northern Irishman has gone on to star in more thrillers than I can possibly list here. While some of these have been duds (“The Ice Road,” “Blacklight”), when Neeson gets behind the wheel of a well-oiled project, the results are usually pretty darn compelling.
