Non-Stop: Murder Mystery at 30,000 Feet

Non-Stop was released in 2014 and stars Liam Neeson. Director Jaume Collet-Serra returns as director for another mystery plot. Liam Neeson stars as Bill Marks, a former cop and now federal air marshal. When he starts getting texts from someone saying they are going to kill passengers if their demands aren’t met the mystery of who is trying to hijack the flight begins.

Liam boards the plane like any other time. We get to see the crew and passengers and about twenty minutes in he starts getting texts from an unknown person about hijacking. His first instinct is to assume it’s one of the passengers. There’s the theme of mystery that plays a big part and it’s done very well. Julianne Moore plays a passenger that's a little suspicious. She seems like she could be the anonymous hijacker.

Liam tries to figure out which passenger it is by checking peoples phones, replying to the hijacker to see who is on their phones, and keeping people in the front of the plane. At one point Liam is framed for the hijacking and he must prove his innocence by stopping the hijacker. Liam does find some allies in some passengers and the crew. They help him to eliminate suspects.

The hijacker reveals that there is a bomb on the plane and that it will go off in a certain amount of time. This is where most of the action takes place. Eventually the hijacker and motive s are revealed for a surprising twist on who it is, but the motive is not very imaginative. So in terms of the Liam Neeson formula, we've got the american name, the former cop, and mystery element. This is a big step up after the disappointment that was Taken 2. Liam Neeson and director Jaume Collet-Serra are a good team and will go on to do two more movies together. Just like Unknown, Non-Stop is action mixed with mystery and keeps the audience guessing until the end. 🍔🍔🍔 and 1/2 🍔