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Cold Pursuit

2019

Hans Petter Moland

Liam Neeson, Laura Dern, Emmy Rossum, Julia Jones ...

5.2

5,751

Thriller. Action. Comedy A snowplow driver seeks revenge against the drug dealers he thinks killed his son. Based on the 2014 Norwegian film 'In Order of Disappearance'.

	Author	Review
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"There’s no dawdling over sentiment. If you want to see a snowplow used as a weapon of mass destruction, you’ve come to the right movie (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"Like the film's nicknames, which are a running but not particularly funny joke, 'Cold Pursuit' starts to lose its way at this point and never fully recovers."	NEU
United States	Mark Jenkins The Washington Post	"[It] is like if ‘Taken’ were directed by Quentin Tarantino (...) The abundant killings is not just an act of justice, but also a blackly comic punchline (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"The thirst for revenge, in movies as in life, almost necessarily involves the dehumanization of its target. And if the movie itself is best taken as a joke, it's a very bad dad joke."	NEG
United States	Courtney Howard Variety	"By pumping up the darkly comedic undertones, augmenting the frigid chill of the original, Moland’s terrific, riveting noir-tinged picture distinguishes itself from other rote, reductive remakes."	POS
United States	Stephanie Zacharek Time	"[It] loses its punch in the second half (...) The big problem is that Neeson drops out of the story for long stretches, and the movie needs him (...) When he’s absent, the landscape is very cold indeed."	NEU
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"A fiendishly entertaining, pitch-black revenge story (...) [It] resolves as a riotously fun example of a director remaking their own film for the right reasons.	POS
United States	Chris Nashawaty Entertainment Weekly	"[It] may not necessarily be the best picture in the bunch, it’s definitely the daffiest and most delirious (...) Its two-hour running time zips by."	POS
United States	Scott Mendelson Forbes	"What makes this movie shine is the quality of the screenplay (...) [It] is a hilarious and refreshingly specific character comedy, and I was surprised at how much I enjoyed it."	POS
United States	Alonso Duralde The Wrap	"Both the action and the comic elements in 'Cold Pursuit' work reasonably well (...) It’s the combo of dark humor and violence where the movie never quite reaches a balance."	NEU
United States	Conor O'Donnell The Film Stage	"Moland, however, delightfully manages to wring even more sinister hilarity out of the situation in his Americanized retelling."	POS
United States	Witney Seibold IGN	"The film is mostly an intriguing (...) [A] character study of old men running out of the energy required to run a criminal enterprise. As thrillers go, this one is more adult than your average."	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"[It] leaves a bad taste (...) Laura Dern is given an insultingly tiny and underwritten role (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United Kingdom	Ian Freer Empire	"[It refuses] to treat its characters like movie tropes (...) A little bloated, maybe, but deserves kudos for joining the road not taken (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Tim Robey Telegraph	"The problem is its yawning disinterest in Coxman as a hero – let alone in his pot-smoking wife (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United Kingdom	Tim Grierson Screendaily	"Although ostensibly another Liam Neeson vehicle, 'Cold Pursuit' is more about atmosphere and absurdist touches (...) A film that boasts plenty of attitude, but not as much action."	POS

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