Non-Stop
Dir: Jaume Collet-Serra
2014
****
I can't say I'm a big fan of these current Liam Neeson action films. They're becoming a little bit samey. Non-Stop is set on an airplane, is a mix up of Hitchcock and Agatha Christie (see Ten Little Indians), has text messages pop up on screen and has the lead man as a washed up alcoholic 'washed up' ex-Cop. Sounds dreadful doesn't it? Well, rather surprisingly it isn't! The rather formulaic formula suddenly works. Okay, so there are a few cliches that you really will need to try to ignore to achieve full entertainment but it's actually really good. It's an unpredictable 'Who done it', is quite clever and is generally entertaining throughout.  Just enough to make it a four star film over three stars and certainly two more stars than I thought I would be giving it.