A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014)

Release date: 2014-09-19
Country: USA
Language: English|Spanish|Urdu|Russian
Director: Scott Frank
Production Co: 1984 Private Defense Contractors, Cross Creek Pictures, Da Vinci Media Ventures
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Rating: 6.5/10
Length: 1h 54min

Storyline

Matt Scudder is a former cop 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 was about to give up when they grab another girl and Scudder tries make sure she's returned alive.

Plot Keywords

violence, drug dealer, murder of wife, ex cop, alcoholics anonymous, flashback, murder, investigation, private detective, new york city, based on novel, written by director, death of wife, bound and gagged, dismemberment, revenge, alcoholic, brooklyn new york city, psychopath, ransom

Short Review

Frank's film is much more of a noir outing than a straight action feature, and Neeson slips right into the tone and feel of the hard-boiled detective offering.