Since becoming a breakout action star with 2008’s Taken, Liam Neeson has starred in action movies set on planes and on trains. So naturally, now it’s time for automobiles. In Retribution, Neeson plays an investment banker who, you guessed it, has to save his family from a threat. And in typical Neeson fashion, it looks like a lot of fun. Retribution is set for release in theatres on Aug. 25.
This latest family-saving thriller has fund manager Matt Turner (Neeson) and his kids being held hostage by an anonymous caller who hooked a bomb up to Turner’s car, which he says he’ll detonate if Turner fails to follow instructions, or brings the car to an unsanctioned stop. With that premise in place, the trailer shows us all kinds of car manoeuvres, red herrings, and big explosions — none of which are presumably Neeson or his kids blowing up.