Cold Pursuit: Back to the Basic Revenge Plot

Cold Pursuit was released in 2019 and stars Liam Neeson as Nels Coxman, a snow plow driver, who’s son is killed by drug dealers. This is the tenth and most recent action movie in the Liam Neeson action genre. This movie is a straight forward revenge movie similar to Taken. These movies have come full circle.

Liam Neeson’s son works as airport employee in Colorado, where the movie takes place. Liam Neeson is a snow plow driver, and recent receipt of person of the year in the small town. The son is killed by drug dealers when he witnesses something he shouldn't have. When Liam finds out he goes full revenge mode. He first thinks about killing himself, but gets revenge instead. He uses snow removal tools to kill and dispose of the bodies. Whenever someone dies in the movie, the screen cuts to black and the persons name and alias are displayed on screen.

Instead of just killing nameless and faceless henchmen, Cold Pursuit does something somewhat unique. Before Liam kills a henchmen, a five to ten minute scene is showcasing the henchman's personality and alias. The audience gets to know a little bit about the person being killed. While none of them are good people, the audience knows something about them. The drug kingpin named Trevor Calcote, in the movie is played by Tom Bateman. He is a smart talking, health obsessed drug dealer who has an understanding with the native american group who also deals drugs. There are uneasy feelings between the two groups and Liam Neeson is caught up in the middle.

Cold Pursuit dedicates a lot time to the villains with long periods of time without Liam Neeson on screen. But when he is on screen, he is focused on avenging his sons murder. The movie alludes to the fact that Liam had a previous in mob activity. His brother played by William Forsythe, worked for the Calcote family years earlier. In terms of the final movie in the Liam Neeson action genre, Liam is avenging someone close to him and he has a particular set of skills. We have come full circle with Liam Neeson's action career over the last eleven years. In those eleven years, he’s had a particular set of skills whether is CIA skills, NYPD, mob tactics, espionage, or hunting wolves. He’s been redeemed from low points and been solving mysteries. The Liam Neeson action genre has had some variations but the core elements are in every movie. His story started simple and ended simple.🍔🍔🍔