--- title: Liam Neeson to Star in Run All Night, Which Is Not Taken 3 description: A look back at the recent career of the Schindler's List star, and a suggestion for a slight change in direction. Colin Firth is involved canonical: https://time.com/3088855/liam-neeson-taken-run-all-night/ author: Eric Dodds article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-07T16:43:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T09:32:54.587Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Liam Neeson to Star in Run All Night, Which Is Not Taken 3 og:description: A look back at the recent career of the Schindler's List star, and a suggestion for a slight change in direction. 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He spent 93 minutes speaking halfway above a whisper while conveying the menace of a group of men [screaming at the tops of their lungs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdhrUKRdKM8). Neeson killed dozens of henchmen in nearly every way imaginable, all in the name of rescuing his kidnapped daughter — never once breaking more than a light sweat. He was a superhero without the cape or mask. He had no need for them. He told his foes exactly what he [would do to them](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZOywn1qArI) if they didn’t return his daughter, and then he went and did it. Curtains. Had well enough been left alone, _Taken_ would likely be remembered as one of the best action films (up to this point) of the 21st century. But because it made a quarter-billion dollars at the global box office, well enough could _not_ be left alone. Instead, we got _Unknown_ (_Taken_ with identity theft), _The Grey_ (_Taken_ with wolves), _Taken 2_ (_Taken_, but _Taken_\-ier) and _Non-Stop_ (_Taken_ on a plane). Sure, that’s oversimplifying things a bit, but not by much. In each one (all released in the last five years), Neeson plays a gruff protagonist who must save someone — or someones — with his hidden and unparalleled set of “skills” (in Liam Neeson movies, “skills” are almost always the ability to kill enemies in a variety of totally badass ways). None were as good as _Taken_, no matter what Rotten Tomatoes says about _The Grey_. Maybe the problem is that even though Neeson’s tough guy films since _Taken_ have been pretty similar to _Taken_, they haven’t been _identical_ to _Taken_. In one of Neeson’s upcoming film, he must protect his estranged child from a group of dangerous men. That’s actually not the plot of _Taken 3_ (coming to theaters Jan. 9, in which Neeson’s character will reportedly be framed for a [murder he did not commit](http://manlymovie.net/2014/04/plot-for-taken-3-revealed-shooting-now.html) — rather than the many he actually has), it’s the plot of _Run All Night_, which recently [pushed its release date](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/liam-neesons-run-all-night-723629) back to April 17\. It was initially suggested that the different plot for _Taken 3_ was conceived because the franchise had already gone to the well one too many times — though the early reports about _Run All Night_ indicate that the original plot may have simply been moved to a film with less name brand recognition. This isn’t to say that _Run All Night_ won’t be enjoyable. It co-stars Joel Kinnaman (_Robocop_, _The Killing_) as Neeson’s son and Ed Harris (most recently of _Snowpiercer_) as the big bad, as well as Vincent D’Onofrio, who’s stayed remarkably busy since _Law & Order: Criminal Intent_ went off the air a few years back. All of that bodes well. But when even _Taken_ is abandoning its tried-and-true formula, it feels like an omen that Neeson should try to branch out a bit more. The man starred in _Schindler’s List_. He’s also got the rather familiar-looking _A Walk Amongst the Tombstones_ due out in next month as well, so we should be fully saturated with Liam Neeson: Soft-Spoken Action Hero by next April, if we weren’t already. What I propose is this: Neeson and Colin Firth swap roles for, oh, say the next five years or so. And let’s make it retroactive to _Magic in the Moonlight_ if for no other reason than a rom-com with Liam Neeson and Emma Stone sounds so refreshing. That should be enough time to cleanse our _Taken_ palate before the inevitable _Taken: The Return of the ReTakening_ sequel in 2019\. I’ll be the first one in line. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3088855/liam-neeson-taken-run-all-night/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3088855/liam-neeson-taken-run-all-night/"},"headline":"Liam Neeson Starring in Another Action Movie That Totally Isn't Taken, Also Taken 3","datePublished":"2014-08-07T16:43:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:32:54.587Z","description":"Run All Night was just pushed back to April 17, while the third film of the Taken trilogy is still slated for a January 9 release. 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