www.fgks.org   »   [go: up one dir, main page]

(2014)

Critic Reviews

56

Metascore

Based on 40 critic reviews provided by Metacritic.com
75
There's a good measure of comedic relief doled out between the action sequences, e.g., Neeson coming up with an ingenious plan to placate the passengers when they're on the verge of a rebellion. This is a movie that knows it's not to be taken too seriously.
75
The movie's fun. And now, thanks to our annual Neeson thriller, spring can come soon.
73
A relatively high-flying adventure, injecting the always-entertaining airplane-set thriller with some fresh thrills and a cadre of characters worth getting invested in.
63
The latest collaboration between director Jaume Collet-Serra and star Liam Neeson is made with far more care and visual detail than you might expect.
63
While it takes stabs at realism, mostly in its use of cellular and computer technology, disbelief must be suspended for full immersion in this twisty airborne thriller.
63
Luckily, Non-Stop has a way-above-average cast for this kind of nonsense.
63
Writers John W. Richardson, Chris Roach, and Ryan Engle bet that the central hook - Who's the bad guy? How's he doing this? - will keep us paying attention. And they're right.
60
Would that the climax lived up to the tension-filled first two thirds. Let's just say that Non-Stop reaches for some pointed post-9/11 political commentary that almost entirely exceeds its grasp. Total brainlessness, in this case, would have been a virtue.
60
Non-stop is the flimsiest of black box recorders, by contrast, that never threatens to make even intermittent sense, but it hangs together on the bulky shoulders of its star.
60
The best twist is how Neeson's growly presence makes a bumpy ride enjoyable.
60
It's Liam Neeson at his Neesoniest, and yet another entry in his expanding late-career bloom into gruff and commanding action hero.
50
Non-Stop is a solid, workmanlike action picture that builds slowly, bends over backwards to over-explain itself and its villain, and delivers a lulu of an ending.
50
Neeson's innate dignity can often serve as a gravitational force for movies this ludicrous, but in a cabin filled with so much flying debris, he is but an ineffectual paperweight.
50
A constant low-boil of ridiculousness both mocks and sustains Non-Stop, a jerry-rigged terror-on-a-plane thriller with a premise so far-fetched as to create a degree of suspense over how the writers will wriggle out of the knot of their own making.
50
Thanks to him (Neeson), I not only enjoyed Non-Stop, but I'd watch it again. Particularly on a plane.
50
Wall Street Journal
Much of the fun is awfully silly. The story strains logic, as well as credulity. It's been cobbled together, often crudely, from pieces of classic predecessors. (Here snippets of Hitchcock, there stretches of "Speed," with wings on the bus.) Yet the silliness parades itself in a spirit of cheerful self-awareness, while Liam Neeson fills the thrill quotient impressively as an air marshal.
50
Non-Stop gets increasingly far-fetched as the jet makes its way across the Atlantic. Certainly, there are more red herrings on the plane than there are in the sea below. And Neeson has to stare down every last one of them.
40
A nifty lift-off and a tense first hour lead us, disappointingly, to a very bumpy landing. While Neeson and co. do their best, the script just doesn't deliver where it really matters.
40
There's no rescuing Non-Stop from its own worse impulses. The likable Neeson's implausible second act as an action star continues, but not in a believable direction.
20
Non-Stop is weak sauce, a cheapie snoozer that not even heavyweights like Neeson and Moore can save.
See all 40 reviews on Metacritic.com

More Critic Reviews

See all external reviews for Non-Stop (2014) »

See also

Awards | FAQ | User Reviews | User Ratings | External Reviews | Message Board