Marlowe | by Neil Jordan, starring Liam Neeson

[dommie]

I am totally in. Love steamy detective stories with that 1930's/1940's sensibility and this has the making of a good one. I easily count Chinatown, The Maltese Falcon, The Big Sleep as among my favorite films ever made.

Neeson could be good as Marlowe and has the ability to project that war weary, worn feel of the Marlowe character. He has a lot to live up to, filling the shoes of the likes of Bogart, Elliot Gould (in The Long Goodbye), and Mitchum (most certainly in Farewell My Lovely but while Mitchum himself was good in his misfired remake of The Big Sleep, the film itself was not). Although not as effective in the role as the previously mentioned actors, James Garner still managed to bring some of that persona to his 1967 version of the role. Neeson has the chops to do it.

[Dave Bannion]

Originally Posted by harry o

Love neeson but he's badly miscast as Marlowe I feel.

Not sure I get the casting, either, especially since he’s gone all-in on the action persona. Too physically imposing for Marlowe. Altman’s revisionism understood this which is why Gould was a perfect choice. Also dubious of this being sold as a Chandler story since it’s a book written by some other guy in 2014. Anybody read it to know how it compares to Chandler’s novels?

[harry o]

Originally Posted by Dave Bannion

Not sure I get the casting, either, especially since he’s gone all-in on the action persona. Too physically imposing for Marlowe. Altman’s revisionism understood this which is why Gould was a perfect choice. Also dubious of this being sold as a Chandler story since it’s a book written by some other guy in 2014. Anybody read it to know how it compares to Chandler’s novels?

I really enjoyed the Robert mitchum efforts he was a big guy that had that world weary aura about him, gould I enjoyed very much also garner.

[unberechenbar]

This looks interesting. Don't see too many detective movies being made. I basically only started watching Liam Neeson action flicks this year, so it'll be interesting to compare this to his other two movies from this year.

[Zivouhr]

Originally Posted by unberechenbar

This looks interesting. Don't see too many detective movies being made. I basically only started watching Liam Neeson action flicks this year, so it'll be interesting to compare this to his other two movies from this year.

Yeah, this will hopefully be good.

Memory, literally only 1 minute of action in that two hour story. Not great.
Blacklight, was interesting and a bit more entertaining despite its flaws.

Liam Neeson is a work-aholic actor.

[Cremildo]

Moved to February 3, 2023.

[Monterey Jack]

Originally Posted by Cremildo

Moved to February 3, 2023.

February is Neeson Month...!

[mwynn]

MARLOWE Trailer (2023) Liam Neeson - YouTube

[Cremildo]

[RCRochester]

I don't know about those shots of Neeson bustin' heads Taken style, but overall this looks great. Looking forward to checking it out.

[Foggy]

Neeson pretty much playing to type but looks like a fun noir caper.

[edmonddantes]

nice to see danny huston, hes a very underrated actor.

the action sequences look completely out of place and I'm not sure the noirish component is emphasized enough. Noir is slower, more plot driven, more atmospheric than what it insinuates in this trailer, though its only a trailer, perhaps it'll be a noir, or neo noir (big discussion about this in other thread, not worthy of repeating it)

[Monterey Jack]

Always up for a new Neeson flick, and with Neil Jordan behind the camera, it seems like it'll be a bit more tony than his typical beat-'em-up. Great supporting cast, too. Seems like the kind of movie to get my dad interested.

[drb999]

It looks better than the last 5 Liam Neeson movies put together.

[RCRochester]

Originally Posted by edmonddantes

nice to see danny huston, hes a very underrated actor.

the action sequences look completely out of place and I'm not sure the noirish component is emphasized enough. Noir is slower, more plot driven, more atmospheric than what it insinuates in this trailer, though its only a trailer, perhaps it'll be a noir, or neo noir (big discussion about this in other thread, not worthy of repeating it)

I suspect they’re playing up some of the action stuff in order to appeal to a wider audience and, yes, it’s great seeing Danny Huston considering his family’s connection to this type of film.

[BudBaxter]

Looks great & I love me some detective noir, though for a quintessentially American tale it seems to have a very European cast, & Neeson doesn't sound like he's even trying an accent.


I had to laugh at the credits block at the end of the trailer with no less than 32 producers listed. What is it they say about too many cooks? & I know it's probably contractual, but shouldn't there be a limit to the number that need to be mentioned in a trailer (& indeed on the poster)?

[-JKR-]

They're mostly executive producers. And the reason there's so much of them is that often indie productions tend to be financed through a number of investors, who are credited as... you name it... executive producers.

Just look at how many companies it took to get this movie made.