Perhape because Liam Neeson is too old, the action part of ‘The Gunner’ is ‘saved’ as much as possible, causing the film to unfold too slowly, no different from an emotional, romantic work.

‘The Marksman’is a film directed by Robert Lorenz with actors Liam Neeson, Katheryn Winnick, Juan Pablo Raba, Teresa Ruiz… The film has a fairly low budget compared to with the average price in Hollywood, only 23 million USD, following the action and drama genre.

Although ‘The Gunner’ topped the US box office for 2 consecutive weeks, the amount of money earned was not very good, only about 6.1 million USD. This shows how severely the Covid-19 epidemic situation has affected the American film industry.

 But not! Vietnamese audiences at this time are also lazy to go to theaters and must have truly special films to be successful. 

Last week, this work only earned more than 670 million VND in ticket sales and until now the total revenue has not yet reached 1 billion VND in our country even though it is still given priority by theaters for many screenings. 

 There is a high possibility that in Vietnam, Liam Neeson’s latest movie will fail quickly and sink into oblivion, just like the failure of another work he starred in, ‘Return Mission’ which was shown a few months ago. .

The content is too old, developments are too slow

‘The Gunner’ tells the story of a former US soldier named Jim (Liam Neeson) who owns a farm near the border with Mexico in the state of Arizona (USA).

 One day, this man discovered a Mexican mother and son trying to cross the border into the US because they were being chased by drug gang leaders. 

In that situation, Jim helped these two people, but the mother unfortunately passed away. From there, he reluctantly participated in the dangerous escape, bringing the Mexican boy to safety.

Although it is an action and dramatic movie with a very simple plot, overall the movie with Liam Neeson really makes audiences with low patience leave halfway through. because the details happen too slowly.

 The work does not have ‘extremely harsh’ twists nor can it push the climax to high levels. The action parts of the movie also stop at the simplest level, not unique, not interesting. 

The film shows signs that age is weighing heavily on Liam Neeson’s shoulders as he seems to not be able to act too much anymore.

The story content of ‘The Gunner’ is very simple and too old. It is so simple that after watching the trailer, the audience can easily guess almost the entire story. 

That is the story of an old retired soldier with excellent shooting ability who accidentally met a boy and despite the danger, he did his best to help. Then there is a chase between the bad guys and this man.

The work only has action scenes at the beginning and end of the film, as well as only fighting and using guns to match the look of an action movie, but it is not attractive at all, the effects are very ordinary.

 The middle part of the movie is a long, drawn-out story of the chase. Viewers will feel sleepy and wonder if the movie that topped the US box office for 2 consecutive weeks recently is just that much. 

Its plot is too slow and quite tasteless.

 More specifically, the movie is too simple, there are no dramatic twists, no surprising details, but goes seamlessly from beginning to end in a way that everyone can guess the content.

And even though the content is so simple, ‘The Gunner’ still has very deplorable logic errors.

 Even sadder is that such details directly affect the plot of the work. 

For example, Jim’s excessive enthusiasm for the mother and son crossing the border or the bad people from Mexico to the US and then killing one person after another without any fear. 

The film also does not provide an explanation for these absurd points but seems to only intentionally create them so that the story progresses more coherently.

In fact, an action movie like ‘The Gunner’ will attract the audience and cause less sleepiness if hidden behind the story of the gangsters is a plot that is too evil, affecting the life of the gangsters.

safety of the majority of the population of Mexico or the United States. 

The author can then cling to it and give the main character a legitimate reason to act, and the audience can also sit back and watch from beginning to end. 

Or if more skillful, the director can also give the film layers of meaning, profound stories, touching the viewer.

 Unfortunately, all of these points in ‘The Gunner’ are absent and turn it into a very ordinary work, following quite absurd and outdated content.

The movie starring actor Liam Neeson simply offers a predictable story and its development is exactly what some viewers think.

 However, if the content is so predictable, viewers can stay home and imagine a story for themselves without having to spend money to go to the cinema to watch a movie, especially during the current Covid-19 pandemic.

When you don’t do well in the content area, the action parts of the work are also very lackluster, not many and not attractive.

 Perhaps Liam Neeson is too old and can no longer show his special strength like before. 

The movie’s action scenes are also not attractive, very simple and have little investment.

In short, the content of ‘The Gunner’ is very normal, unattractive, and unpersuasive to viewers. T

he work’s action scenes are also very few and turn it like a psychological drama.

Images, sounds and acting are at a normal level

‘The Gunner’ takes viewers from the US border in the West of Arizona to the East of this country.

 On that journey, viewers can enjoy beautiful images typical of the ‘land of flags and flowers’.

 However, it must be frankly stated that this is a low-budget work, so the wide shots showing off the natural scenery are not beautiful enough and do not make the audience gasp in amazement.

 The action scenes are also shown in the movie normally, nothing special but not too bad either. 

The sound of ‘The Gunner’ also stopped at a normal level, not special. In particular, the sounds related to guns and bullets sound quite fake and not convincing enough for viewers.

For a movie that glorifies the heroism of the main character like ‘The Gunner’, Liam Neeson’s acting is especially important.

 In this work, the male actor excels in facial gestures and eyes. It gives viewers sympathy for the character Jim he plays. 

However, Liam Neeson’s action scenes are not convincing, quite superficial and do not create a highlight. 

It even felt like the actor was exhausted in some scenes and made the audience tired along with him. 

The remaining actors in the movie didn’t have much acting space so they didn’t leave too much of an impression.

Conclude

‘The Gunner’ is a very ordinary work and it can even be considered a poor quality film.

 However, you can still watch this movie if you are a fan of Liam Neeson or like to enjoy something for entertainment.