This film by Robert Lorenz presents the classic vigilante story, but with a more complex context than usual.
Set in Ireland in the 1970s, the plot revolves around the IRA and a small town that is home to several well-developed characters.
Liam Neeson has had a prolific career, excelling in memorable roles, yet in the last decade he has repeatedly played the same type of character: a vigilante capable of taking on armies of criminals single-handedly.
‘In the Land of Saints and Sinners takes this tired formula and gives it an interesting twist. The story is set in a small town in the north of Ireland during the 1970s, where a group of IRA members, led by Doireann (Kerry Condon), seek refuge after a failed attack in a Belfast pub.
This town, however, is also home to a mafia organisation, with Finbar (Liam Neeson) as one of its hired killers.
Finbar works under the orders of kingpin Robert (Colm Meaney), alongside young Kevin (Jack Gleeson).
The film also introduces other characters in the town in detail. The local constable, Vincent (Ciarán Hinds), is a good friend of Finbar's, though he is unaware of his true occupation. Finbar claims to be a book dealer, which leads to quaint dialogue about authors such as Dostoyevsky and Agatha Christie.
Although In the Land of Saints and Sinners is an action film with Liam Neeson in a typical role, the surrounding environment is more elaborate than at other times. Another prominent character is Rita (Niamh Cusack), a widow who shares chats with Finbar, creating a platonic relationship that offers the protagonist the possibility of a different future from his life as a hitman.
Although In the Land of Saints and Sinners interestingly develops these edges, what should be the core of the story becomes mechanical and predictable.
The lone vigilante genre is on the rise, thanks to films like ‘John Wick’ and ‘Nobody’ (2021). In this film sub-genre, Liam Neeson has become a trademark, repeating formulas with some effectiveness.
‘In the Land of Saints and Sinners attempts to take this logic to another level, but falls somewhere between the depth of a small-town drama, a story of political intrigue involving the IRA and a typical action movie starring Neeson.
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It's been a while since I have seen Liam Neeson on the screen to watch any of his movies. I love his works and he is one of my favorite actors. So when I saw the trailer to this movie I was thrilled, though I still have some of his movies I am yet to see that are on my watchlist. Like, ’Retribution(2023)’, and ’Memory(2022)’. I feel in love with Liam’s work when he acted the role of Jesus Christ in ’Pilgrim's Progress(1978)’. Since then, he has been one of my favorite actors.
Liam has acted in a lot of fantastic films that to actually pick the best will be difficult. That is how talented and passionate he is about his roles. For me, now that he is in his old age era, I think this movie is one of his best works apart from his young age era work.
’In The Land Of Saints And Sinners(2023)’ is an Irish action thriller movie that was set in 1974, Northern Ireland. It was directed by Robert Lorenzo and written by Mark Michael McNally with Terry Loane. It was distributed by Netflix and it starred Liam Neeson, Jack Gleeson, Kerry Condon, Desmond Eastwood, Conor MacNeill, Seamus O'Hara, Valentine Olukoga, Bernadette Carty, Ciarán Hinds and Niamh Cusack.
In an Irish coastal town of Glencolmcille, a ruthless assassin Finbar Murphy (Liam Neeson) decided to start leaving a clean that was void to killing people so he can have a new identity to his name, but will his past stay buried as he wanted?
Meanwhile, Doineann, an Irish Republican Army (IRA) soldier with her gang on the run after their terrorist acts, came to Finar’s village seeking shelter from their crimes. During their stay, Doineann’s brother assaults a young girl, Moya whose mother gave them shelter by coercion. As Finbar begins on his journey to put his past life behind him as an assassin, he meets Moya. After having a brief friendly chat with her Finar saw bruises on her skin and decided to look into it.
Afterwards, Finar meets a young lad, Kevin Lynch (Jack Gleeson) who is also an assassin like and work for Finar’s manager too. Seeing his young self in this young lad, Finar forms a guardian kind of relationship with him. When Finar finds who has been assaulting Moya, he takes it upon himself to kill him with the aid of Kevin who happens to be at the scene.
Doineann the IRA soldier began to look for her brother and discovered he was nowhere to be found. Fueled by vengeance, she decided to seek out the killer of her brother and all hell broke loose. Will Finar go back to his past life?
My Review And Rating.
Like I said at the beginning of this post, I think this is one of the best movies of Liam in his old age era. This movie feels different, looks different and has a different plot from the usual plots Liam has done since from ’Taken (2008)’ to last year.
Liam’s film is always about revenge action but this one is different and unique in its own even though it is an action kind of revenge movie. In this movie, Liam is at home, he is different and it gave him a new look for more upcoming roles in the future. This movie also has a 70s theme setting, dark humor, very Irish slangs, amazing supporting character performance, and excellently captured panoramic Irish imagery.
The plot of this movie was well and excellently written. It is interesting, old school, fully packed with vivid descriptions of Irish lifestyle, good dark humor, and decent action scenes. I love how the setting of the plot was done, the themes it explored and also what the plot is based on. It is a plot that is intriguing, decent and also, engaging that it will keep you hooked.
The cast, I must say, are exceptional, especially all the supporting characters. Their performances were all felt strongly throughout the movie. A character in the movie surprised me because his performance was unexpectedly amazing. Though he was silly in some scenes, I enjoyed his performance. Jack Gleeson, Our GOT TV series actor. He was amazing with his role and he wasn't annoying as he was in GOT.
Kerry Condon was an amazing antagonist that was annoying, vengeful, and ruthless. She performed her role absolutely well. Liam also was amazing as usual, but I think for this role he was more relaxed and more comfortable. He is still physically fit which gives him a good outlook generally.
The cinematography was fantastic, the scenery amazing to watch. Imagine seeing all the coastal lands of Ireland, that's how it was for me. The mood was well set in terms of the weather there which prompted the constant smoking of all the actors in the movie. The wardrobe for all the characters was spot on according to the time setting. The cars used were also according to the time frame setting which gave this movie an aesthetics and vintage look.
This movie also did have good music, some were suspenseful, sad, some were old violin music, some were Scottish songs and some were classic British style. Before I forget, the camera work of this movie was outstanding. The camera angle was panoramic which gave this movie wide exhibitions of the gorgeous Ireland scenery.
Rating this movie, I will give it 9 out of 10 stars. It was entertaining, engaging, and suspenseful. I enjoyed how decent it was all through. Though there was lots of profanity, I appreciate that there was no nudity. Would I recommend this movie? Yes of course! It is an interesting movie you check out.
Hay veces en las que uno no planea que película queremos ver, simplemente buscando opciones damos con la menos pensada y terminamos sentado viendo algo que sinceramente no sabíamos de su existencia hace 5 minutos atrás. Este es el caso de este nuevo film del gran Liam Neeson el cual fue estrenado en el festival de cine de Venecia hace un par de meses. Como bien saben desde esta tribuna soy un fanático acérrimo de este actor, creo que dentro del genero de acción/venganza, si es que eso existe, es de los mejores sin ninguna duda. Este titulo no escapa de lo que estamos acostumbrados a ver de él, de hecho se parece mucho a Liam, son esos papeles que parecieran que están hecho a su medida.
There are times when we don't plan what movie we want to see, just looking for options we find the least thought and we end up sitting watching something that we honestly didn't know of its existence 5 minutes ago. This is the case of this new film by the great Liam Neeson which premiered at the Venice Film Festival a couple of months ago. As you well know from this tribune I am a diehard fan of this actor, I think that within the genre of action / revenge, if that exists, is one of the best without any doubt. This title does not escape from what we are used to see from him, in fact he looks a lot like Liam, it's those roles that seem to be tailor-made for him.
"En la tierra de santos y pecadores" tal parece que no hay pecados impunes ni de los que se puedan escapar; esa es más o menos la premisa del film. Neeson tiene una forma muy particular de actuar, de hecho puedes saber en mayor o menor medida que verás de él y que hace en la historia por lo que al momento de darle play tenia cierta idea en mente de lo que iba a presenciar en la próxima hora y media. Una película que más que de acción es un drama en donde la carga de culpas y la busqueda de una redención es el motor principal de la trama. Si bien es verdad es un film de Liam para mi fue algo distinto, tiene le esencia de siempre, pero claramente los años no pasan en vano por lo que las revoluciones cada vez serán menores. Sin más, hablemos de que va esta nueva historia de un gran Liam Neeson.
"In the land of saints and sinners" it seems that there are no sins that go unpunished or can be escaped; that's more or less the premise of the film. Neeson has a very particular way of acting, in fact you can tell to a greater or lesser extent what you will see of him and what he does in the story, so at the moment of playing I had a certain idea in mind of what I was going to witness in the next hour and a half. A film that more than action is a drama where the burden of guilt and the search for redemption is the main engine of the plot. While it is true that it is a Liam's film for me it was something different, it has the essence of always, but clearly the years do not pass in vain so the revolutions will be less and less. Without further ado, let's talk about this new story of a great Liam Neeson.
Esta historia da inicio con Finbar Murphy (Liam Neeson), un tipo que ha tenido una vida complicada, un veterano de guerra y que perdió a su esposa por lo que soledad de cierta manera le ha jugado en contra. Ante eso decide ser un asesino a sueldo pero no uno cualquiera, tal parece que todas sus muertes tiene un motivo, no son porque si. Cansado de ese trabajo decide retirarse, una epifanía se hizo presente y gracias a ella ahora busca enderezar un poco su camino. Claramente no será fácil porque son muchos los pecados que tiene a cuestas por lo que ese ejercicio de superar cosas se complica y más cuando tres personas llegan a su vida de una forma inesperada.
This story begins with Finbar Murphy (Liam Neeson), a guy who has had a complicated life, a war veteran and who lost his wife so loneliness in a way has played against him. Faced with this he decides to be a hit man but not just any hit man, it seems that all his deaths have a reason, they are not just because. Tired of that job he decides to retire, an epiphany came to him and thanks to it he now seeks to straighten his path a little. Clearly it will not be easy because there are many sins that he has on his back, so this exercise of overcoming things is complicated and more when three people come into his life in an unexpected way.
Esto se desarrolla en Irlanda, en un pueblo apartado de todo, en donde la IRA, este grupo armado que aterrorizó a muchos, estaba aún activo. Por cosas del destino nuestro Finbar se cruza con algunos de ellos y es entonces donde comienza una trama que se termina convirtiendo en algo bastante peligroso ya que estos terroristas si son algo serían vengativos y un poco crueles. Es justo acá cuando empieza el posible camino de redención de nuestro protagonista. Como ya les comenté es un film al que se podría catalogar como una especie de Western pero con tintes dramáticos, no es la típica película de acción inundada con escenas de peleas y disparos de principio a fin, es algo más lento pero que en lo personal no me molestó tanto.
This takes place in Ireland, in a town far away from everything, where the IRA, this armed group that terrorized many, was still active. As fate would have it, our Finbar crosses paths with some of them and that's when a plot begins that ends up becoming quite dangerous, since these terrorists are vindictive and a bit cruel. It is right here when the possible path of redemption of our protagonist begins. As I already mentioned it is a film that could be categorized as a kind of Western but with dramatic overtones, it is not the typical action movie flooded with fight scenes and gunfire from beginning to end, it is something slower but personally it did not bother me so much.
Creo que lo más relevante de esta película es la forma en como quieren que apreciemos a ciertos personajes, se busca como una especie de humanización de algunos de ellos que hace que extrañamente empatices con alguien con el que no deberías. Finbar es un asesino, por que deberías de sentir lastima por él? - Kerry Condon es Doireann, una de las terroristas, por algo que sucede también se torna más "humana", por que habrías de apoyarla? - esa dualidad en la forma de apreciar las cosas es lo que veremos acá. Al final todos están buscando una especie de salvación, vuelvo a repetir, de redención, a través de sus actos; que sean peores o mejores ya eso dependerá de cada espectador aunque es bastante claro al final del día la naturaleza de lo que hacen.
I think the most relevant thing about this movie is the way they want us to appreciate certain characters, they look for a kind of humanization of some of them that makes you strangely empathize with someone you should not. Finbar is a murderer, why should you feel sorry for him? - Kerry Condon is Doireann, one of the terrorists, because of something that happens she also becomes more "human", why should you support her? - That duality in the way of appreciating things is what we will see here. In the end they are all looking for some sort of salvation, I repeat, redemption, through their actions; whether they are worse or better is up to each viewer, although it is quite clear at the end of the day the nature of what they do.
La acción está algo ausente en este film a pesar de que si hay una escena en donde vemos de todo un poco, explosiones, disparos, golpes; esto creo que es más que suficiente ya que la verdad esta historia no la necesita tanto, muchas veces la acción sin control está sobrevalorada. En compensación siento que hay buenas actuaciones además del elenco escogido, sorprendentemente es bastante bueno, además de Kerry, tenemos a Jack Gleeson, el odiado Joffrey Baratheon en GOT y a Ciarán Hinds. La particularidad? - TODOS son irlandeses, de ahí a que este casting haya sido tan top y la sinergia entre los actores haya fluido tan natural.
The action is somewhat absent in this film although there is a scene where we see a little bit of everything, explosions, gunshots, blows; this I think is more than enough because the truth is that this story does not need it so much, many times the uncontrolled action is overrated. In compensation I feel there are good performances plus the cast chosen, surprisingly is quite good, besides Kerry, we have Jack Gleeson, the hated Joffrey Baratheon in GOT and Ciarán Hinds. The particularity? - They are ALL Irish, hence this casting has been so top and the synergy between the actors has flowed so naturally.
La trama es sencilla, no es una en donde veremos muchos plot twist ni nada por el estilo, es básica y fácil de entender. Tiene unas pinceladas de venganza interesante que hace que Liam destaque. En cuanto a los personajes pues que decir, creo que Neeson siempre lo va a hacer bien a pesar de su "pasividad" en este film, aporta un drama el cual también entrega sin problemas. Me gustó mucho Kerry Condon, ella de por si es una gran actriz y acá le inyecta el toque de villana cruel pero extrañamente con un apego familiar importante, de ahí a que la veamos ser más persona. Y con Jack Gleeson les voy a ser honesto, fue raro verlo en otro personaje pero cumplió super bien, buena actuacion la del hijo de Cersei.
The plot is simple, it's not one where we'll see a lot of plot twists or anything like that, it's basic and easy to understand. It has some interesting touches of revenge that makes Liam stand out. As for the characters well what can I say, I think Neeson is always going to do well despite his "passivity" in this film, he brings a drama which he also delivers smoothly. I really liked Kerry Condon, she is already a great actress and here she injects the touch of a cruel villain but strangely with an important family attachment, hence we see her to be more of a person. And with Jack Gleeson I'll be honest, it was weird to see him in another character but he did super well, good performance as Cersei's son.
7/10, se puede ver perfectamente. Para algunos puede que sea un poco lenta pero a mi ni me pareció. Es una buena historia en donde vemos buenas locaciones y actuaciones top acompañados por un gran elenco. Tiene una duración de un poco más de hora y media. Les dejo el tráiler por acá abajo y así le echan un ojo.
7/10, it is perfectly watchable. For some it may be a little slow but I didn't find it slow at all. It is a good story where we see good locations and top performances accompanied by a great cast. It has a duration of a little over an hour and a half. I'll leave the trailer below so you can take a look at it.
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Well my people that's all for today, I hope you liked it.
¡A hug to everyone, see you next time!
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