![]() ![]() To the film’s credit, Annie isn’t just here to suffer as a plot motivator. ![]() And when Annie gets roughed up by the two rogue agents and left for dead, well - now it’s personal.Īlso Read: Liam Neeson to Star in Action Thriller 'Memory' From Director Martin Campbell The two agents return to kill Tom, but when Sam shows up, Nivens shoots him instead, making Tom a fugitive from the Feds. Tom gives them the key to his storage locker, which is a massive miscalculation since, naturally, Nivens gets sticky fingers with the millions of dollars stashed there, and talks Hall into joining him in stealing the evidence. ![]() Since a dozen or so people have already claimed to be the In and Out Bandit, Sam sends agents Nivens (Courtney) and Hall (Anthony Ramos, “Hamilton”) to investigate. So he approaches FBI agent Sam (Robert Patrick) with a deal: A full confession and the return of every cent stolen in exchange for two-years (and visitation rights) in a minimum-security jail within an hour of Boston. A year later, Tom is ready to move in with Annie, but he doesn’t want his criminal past eating away at his conscience. After a successful job, Tom rents a locker at a Boston storage facility, where he’s immediately smitten with clerk Annie (Kate Walsh), a grad student. Neeson stars as Tom, known to the authorities as the “In and Out Bandit” for his skill in robbing small-town banks and smoothly covering his tracks. (See also: “Jack Reacher.”) For a film actor, that’s a pretty good area of expertise to have.Īlso Read: Open Road Films Relaunches at Cannes With Liam Neeson Thriller 'Honest Thief' One in a series of handsome character actors that Hollywood has unsuccessfully attempted to mold into a generic leading man, Courtney reminds audiences here that he’s most effective when allowed to play a villain who revels in his own misdeeds, even if the movie is nothing special. Neeson, as a bank robber trying to turn himself in, is the above-the-title draw here, but “Honest Thief” ultimately belongs to Jai Courtney as a crooked FBI agent who complicates the title character’s confession by attempting to steal the money and kill anyone who gets in his way. As “solidly senior Liam Neeson kicks ass” vehicles go, “Honest Thief” falls firmly in the middle, nowhere near the heights of “Taken” but well above the depths of “Taken 3.” Movie audiences go to see Liam Neeson get revenge the way they once went to see John Wayne ride a horse or Carmen Miranda dance with fruit on her head the movie itself could be great or mediocre, but there’s that satisfaction of watching a movie star do the exact thing that you want and expect them to do. ![]()
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