Non Stop

This post is not about the Indian restaurant named Naan Stop in the food court of our local shopping mall.  This is about the movie Non Stop.  We saw this movie yesterday.  Here is the synopsis:

 

During a flight from New York to London, a U.S. Air Marshal* receives secret messages demanding the airline should deposit $150 million in an offshore account.  The message also says until the money is deposited, one passenger will be killed every 20 minutes. Liam Neeson is Bill Marks, the U.S. Air Marshal.  He knew it is someone in the plane who is sending the message.  He decides to find out who that person is.  Every one is a suspect including Bill Marks himself. 

 

Who is the villain? Did the plane land safely?  That is the story.

 

As always, superb acting by Liam Neeson in this suspense thriller.  Julianne Moore (4 time Oscar nominee) happens to be sitting next to Neeson.  Developed friendship?

 

The Director, Jaume Collet-Serra,  has done a good job if you want to ignore quite a few actions that defy logic.  The villain and hero exchange text messages throughout the movie.  We all know using cell phone while in flight is prohibited.  (Thank you Shashi Tharoor.).  But the hero and villain go back and forth exchanging messages.

 

Neeson elevates the otherwise B-movie thriller Non Stop into a tense enough action picture.

*U.S. Air Marshal is an armed federal law enforcement officer.  He/She will detect, deter, and defeat hostile acts against U.S. air carriers, passengers, and crews.  They are deployed on all U.S. passenger flights worldwide to protect airline passengers and crew against the risk of criminal and terrorist violence. (Source: Transportation Security Administration)