{"id":8451,"date":"2024-11-18T21:52:46","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T02:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/?p=8451"},"modified":"2024-11-18T21:52:46","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T02:52:46","slug":"memory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/2024\/11\/18\/memory\/","title":{"rendered":"Memory"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Memory <\/strong>(2022)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Briarcliff\/Action-Thriller\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RT: 114 minutes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rated R (violence, some bloody images, language throughout)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Director: Martin Campbell\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Screenplay: Dario Scardapane\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Music: Rupert Parkes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cinematography: David Tattersall\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Release date: April 29, 2022 (US)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cast: Liam Neeson, Guy Pearce, Monica Bellucci, Taj Atwal, Ray Fearon, Ray Stevenson, Harold Torres, Stella Stocker, Mia Sanchez, Lee Boardman, Daniel De Bourg, Natalie Anderson, Josh Taylor, Scot Williams, Rebecca Calder, Antonio Jaramillo, Atanas Srebrev, Sigal Diamant, Kate Nichols, Doug Rao, Louis Mandylor.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Box Office: $7.3M (US)\/$14M (World)<\/p>\n

Rating<\/strong>: ***<\/p>\n

\u00a0Just mere months after Blacklight, Liam Neeson is back at multiplexes in Memory<\/strong> playing the kind of role he\u2019s become synonymous with since starring in the surprise hit Taken way back in \u201909. He plays Alex Lewis, a hired killer who becomes a target himself after refusing to carry out an assignment that conflicts with his principles. In an added twist, his mind is rapidly deteriorating due to Alzheimer\u2019s. He struggles to remain cognizant while using his special set of skills to right a terrible wrong.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Alex, aware of his condition, is ready to call it quits. He\u2019s ready to leave his life of violence behind, but a colleague convinces him to do one last job. It sounds easy enough; two targets and the recovery of some flash drives. He carries out the first hit with no problem. The second is a big problem. It\u2019s a 13YO girl (Sanchez) recently rescued from a sex trafficking ring by FBI agents. He doesn\u2019t kill children, so he walks away. He holds onto the drives for insurance.<\/p>\n

\u00a0This doesn\u2019t go over well with the person who ordered the hit. That would be Davana Sealman (Bellucci, The Matrix Reloaded), a rich and powerful real estate developer with a personal interest in permanently silencing the girl. Somebody else finishes the job. Alex sees it on the news and freaks. Realizing he\u2019s next on the list, he goes on the offensive and starts killing everybody involved. At the same time, he\u2019s being pursued by FBI task force leader Vincent Serra (Pearce, L.A. Confidential) who feels guilty about failing to keep his young witness safe.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Directed by Martin Campbell (Casino Royale), Memory<\/strong> is a remake of the 2003 Belgian crime drama The Memory of a Killer. I\u2019ve never seen it or heard of it up until now. I\u2019m going to have to seek it out. It has to be good because the American remake is pretty damn good itself. It\u2019s good on a few levels. Liam is at the top of that list. He\u2019s become quite the action star. He\u2019s this generation\u2019s Charles Bronson and believe me when I say it\u2019s a favorable comparison. I was lucky enough to grow up during Cannon\u2019s peak era (i.e. the 80s). Near the end of his career, Bronson made several pictures bearing the Golan-Globus label.\u00a0 Some were better than others, but it was always cool to see Charlie in action.<\/p>\n

\u00a0I feel the same way about Liam. He may be pushing 70, but he\u2019s still a total bad ass. Moreover, he can act unlike Bronson who wasn\u2019t the most accomplished thespian in the world. There\u2019s a reason he was never cast as King Lear. Liam, on the other hand, is a brilliant actor. His moving performance in Schindler\u2019s List proves this beyond any and all doubt. He brings some of that to Memory<\/strong> in his portrayal of a bad guy looking for redemption as the light grows dimmer and dimmer. It\u2019s far from one of his best performances, but it\u2019s better than some others. Hmmm, where have I heard that before?<\/p>\n

\u00a0The aforenamed supporting cast members- i.e. Pearce, Bellucci and Sanchez- all do a good job, but the true standout is Taj Atwal (The Prot\u00e9g\u00e9) as Serra\u2019s partner Linda. It\u2019s an underwritten part to be sure, but this girl has spunk. Also, she\u2019s full of surprises. That\u2019s all I have to say on that subject.<\/p>\n

\u00a0As much as I like Memory<\/strong>, there\u2019s no denying it\u2019s a little convoluted. It takes a while for the story to come together, but once it does it\u2019s a pretty good ride. It help that there\u2019s a capable driver at the wheel. Campbell has done some pretty good work in the past including two of the best James Bond movies, GoldenEye and Casino Royale, both inaugural outings for Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig respectively. He also did The Mask of Zorro. I wouldn\u2019t say Memory<\/strong> is up there with those titles, but it\u2019s still good. It has a few well-mounted action scenes, a compelling story, some cool violence and Liam of course. I can\u2019t ask for more from what amounts to a Saturday matinee actioner. It\u2019s a solid three-star flick.\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Memory (2022)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Briarcliff\/Action-Thriller\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RT: 114 minutes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rated R (violence, some bloody images, language throughout)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Director: Martin Campbell\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Screenplay: Dario Scardapane\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Music: Rupert Parkes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cinematography: David Tattersall\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Release date: April 29, 2022 (US)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cast: Liam Neeson, Guy Pearce, Monica Bellucci, Taj Atwal, Ray Fearon, Ray Stevenson, Harold Torres, Stella Stocker, Mia Sanchez, Lee Boardman, Daniel De […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8668,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-action-adventure"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Memory-PIC.jpg?fit=620%2C348&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8451"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8670,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8451\/revisions\/8670"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}