Cold Pursuit and 4 Other Most Gripping Action Movies Starring Liam Neeson
Liam Neeson confronts evil, survives in the wilderness, and hunts criminals.
Liam Neeson is known to viewers as a fearless action hero who is not someone you want to mess with. We have compiled a list of the actor's most memorable roles that are sure to brighten up your evening.
1. The Grey, 2011
A plane carrying oil workers crashes in Alaska. The snowy landscape with hungry wolves roaming around is not a favorable place for humans.
The only hope for the survivors is Neeson's character, a man who, after an unsuccessful attempt at suicide, hears a wolf howl and realizes someone nearby needs his help. As the survivors set off in search of salvation, they must cope with difficult conditions and fight off predators while maintaining their humanity.
2. Taken, 2008
The Taken trilogy is one of the most popular action thriller series starring Liam Neeson. With Neeson's character, former counterintelligence agent Bryan Mills, jokes are out of the question.
The Albanian mafia clearly did not know this when they kidnapped and sold the main character's daughter into slavery. Brian has a few hours to fly across the ocean and rescue his daughter.
3. Cold Pursuit, 2019
Nels leads a quiet, measured life. He works as a snowplow driver in Colorado and would do anything for his family. After his son becomes a victim of a drug cartel shootout simply by being in the wrong place at the wrong time, hard times come for Nels and his wife.
Soon, the revenge-hungry snowplow driver becomes a dangerous enemy of the criminal world who no one knows by sight. Nels starts a war between several drug dealer clans and won't stop until they're all wiped off the face of the earth.
4. Unknown, 2011
Dr. Martin Harris awakes in the hospital and learns from a nurse that he has been in a coma for four days. His trip to Berlin for an international conference clearly did not go well, but that is only the beginning.
After being discharged, the protagonist discovers that his wife does not recognize him and that he has difficulty remembering his own name and that of his loved ones.
When Martin finds out that someone else is registered under his name at the conference, he realizes that someone tried to kill him.
5. Non-Stop, 2014
Liam Neeson plays Bill Marks, a trusted air security officer. His shift on a flight from New York to London turns into a real test of endurance when he receives a threatening message from a criminal demanding a large sum of money be transferred to a bank account – otherwise, he will start killing passengers on the plane.