Review | Killer Without a Trace – Liam Neeson stars in an action movie in which he is NOT the protagonist

One of the ghosts that haunts Hollywood action movie actors is time. Although they are young, beautiful and agile, it is too easy to play and win blasting, running and shooting roles. However, time passes and Hollywood is cruel. The roles decrease in supply and space, and it becomes difficult to maintain. While the solution for many is to branch out into other genres, like comedy and romantic drama, for actors like Liam Neeson, the only option is to follow the action to the end. And this weekend he arrives in Brazilian cinemas with his new feature film, “Assassino Sem Trastro”.

Alex Lewis (Liam Neeson) is a contract killer who is already looking to end his career because he faces a serious personal problem: feeling tired, he begins to face the first signs of Alzheimer’s disease, and, while performing the services he ends up having memory lapses. When the powerful Mauricio (Lee Boardman) calls him to Mexico for another mission, Alex hesitates, but eventually agrees. However, when he arrives in El Paso and discovers the mission is to murder a 13-year-old girl only, he refuses to go any further, which not only infuriates wealthy Davana Sealman (Monica Bellucci) , but also attracts the attention of investigators Vincent Serra (Guy Pearce) and Amisted (Taj Atwal), who pursue the killer in an attempt to link this case to the murder of businessman Ellis Van Camp (Scot Williams).

Two hours long, ‘Assassino Sem Trastro’ feels like the joining of two random storylines brought together by the producers to create a single film. The result is a narrative mess that only confuses the viewer and misses a great opportunity to be different. On the one hand, Dario Scardapane’s screenplay begins with Alex (and, therefore, we come to understand this character as the protagonist of the story), showing his early struggles with Alzheimer’s disease; we stop there, however, without diving into the drama of this elderly murderer who tries to maintain his mission while illness is hurting him. On the other hand, after almost forty minutes with the wrong protagonist, Martin Campbell’s film turns the axis and focuses on the police investigation – which, in turn, brings a puzzle so dispersed that it is difficult for the viewer to fit them all together. the elements alone and understand the structure of the feature.

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Based on the book by Jef Geeraerts and Carl Joos, “Killer Without a Trace” is a messy, messy action movie that doesn’t decide whether it should be an action thriller or a crime thriller. From this instability, the actors are shortchanged, with an underused and tired-looking Liam Neeson, a Guy Pearce in a secondary role, when in fact he was supposed to be the main one, and a frozen Monica Bellucci, as if she had a stiff neck all the time. . With a solid cast and a story that could unleash a great action adventure with a psychological thriller if it focused on the intellectual hitman drama, ‘Killer Without a Trace’ is more of a crime movie than one of the bang movies. classic Liam Neeson-bangs.