
Former cop Matt Scudder is now a private eye. He is asked by a drug dealer to find the men who kidnapped his wife. It seems like they killed her even after he paid them. Scudder refuses. But the man later goes to see him and tells him how his wife was killed. Scudder takes the job. He does some research and thinks the men he is looking for have done this more than once and that everyone they grabbed is connected to a drug dealer. He is about to give up when they grab another ... (Full plot summary below)
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Former cop Matt Scudder is now a private eye. He is asked by a drug dealer to find the men who kidnapped his wife. It seems like they killed her even after he paid them. Scudder refuses. But the man later goes to see him and tells him how his wife was killed. Scudder takes the job. He does some research and thinks the men he is looking for have done this more than once and that everyone they grabbed is connected to a drug dealer. He is about to give up when they grab another girl and Scudder tries make sure she's returned alive.
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| Tri-City HeraldGary WolcottA nail-chewing, intense and chilling thriller as riveting as Silence of the Lambs. |
| eFilmCritic.comRob GonsalvesThe first great American film of the new season. |
| Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranA Walk Among the Tombstones is the creepiest film I've seen in quite some time, and that's not meant as a compliment. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzA slick, ugly and brutal crime thriller set in NYC, in 1999. |
| ScreenAnarchyJason GorberFor part of the promenade, A Walk Among the Tombstones is an enjoyable one, but once we get to the series of finales it's clear that in the end it's probably not a schlepp worth taking. |
| Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)John BeifussRough-hewn and weary, Liam Neeson brings his very particular set of acting skills to the role of Matthew Scudder in this dark mystery thriller... |
| Reason OnlineKurt LoderNeeson's trademark troubled butt-kicker returns -- still bad-ass, but in a wearier, more sad-sack sort of way. |
| Orange County RegisterMichael SragowFrank mostly overdoses on portentousness as he roots his solid hero in a city that fears coming to pieces. |
| Reeling ReviewsLaura CliffordScudder's a different kind of badass, one who avoids packing heat, favoring the unblinking stare down. Neeson finally gets to add some of his early art house soul to his recent kickassing and it's a heady mix. |
| AV ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyEvery year, so many artless, gormless, generically slick thrillers make their way into theaters that any time a genre director displays basic filmmaking smarts, the result ends up seeming like a retro novelty. Such is the case with writer-director Scott Frank’s murky potboiler A Walk Among The Tombstones. |