Liam Neeson is a Snowplow Driver Out for Revenge in Hard Powder Movie

Liam Neeson ’s latest action flickHard Powderwill see the doer portray a snowplow driver out for revenge against the drug cartel who killed his son . While it seems like a farsighted time ago at this point , Neeson was once primarily known as a spectacular actor , even take in an Oscar nominating speech for playing the title role in Steven Spielberg ’s Holocaust - set filmSchindler ’s List . Outside of the occasional jaunt into musical style territory - such as playing Qui - Gon Jinn in theStar Warsprequels or Ra ’s al Ghul inBatman Begins- Neeson in the main ply his trade in drama , romances , or diachronic bit .

That all changed in 2008 , when Neeson landed the lead persona inTaken . Neeson proved quite adept at cinematic backside - kicking , and quickly became an unlikely action asterisk at the age of 56 . Now 66,Neeson shows no sign of slowing down , having since appear in films likeThe A - Team , Unknown , The Grey , twoTakensequels , Non - Stop , Run All Night , and most latterly , The Commuter . He also " turn the Kraken " inClash of the Titansand its sequelWrath of the Titans .

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According toDeadline , Neeson ’s up-to-the-minute legal action effort will cast him in the role of Nels Coxman , a snowplow driver beloved enough in his small Colorado skiing township to have won the laurels of Citizen of the Year . Nels lives a pretty smooth , uneventful existence alongside his married woman ( Laura Dern ) and their son . That is until his child is murdered by the local drug corporate trust , run Nels to sidestep law enforcement and seek his own brand of revenge , using " only the tools of an outdoorsman and snowplough driver . " unluckily , doing this result to a gang war that may cease up destroying the total town , unless the man who started it can stop it . Those small township Colorado ring wars are the worst .

Hard Powderis actually a remake of a 2014 Norwegian plastic film with the English title ofIn Order of Disappearance . That film starred Stellan Skarsgard as the lead persona , antecedently distinguish Nils Dickman . Considering what they transfer his name to for the American version , an anatomical jape seems pretty clearly intended there , and in fact the original film is considered a dark funniness as well as an action picture . Norwegian director Hans Petter Moland is returning to helm the remaking , and wo n’t be the first film maker to refashion his own work for an American audience .

Lionsgate has assignedHard Powdera release appointment of February 8 , 2019 . This continues the trend of Neeson ’s military action motion picture releasing in the first quartern of the year , where they often have picayune competition , and can clean up nicely . For example , this year’sThe Commuter- also a Lionsgate release- descend out in January , and earn nearly $ 120 million worldwide on a budget of $ 40 million . The only other wide releases currently pencil in for February 8 areThe Lego Movie 2and a horror picture calledThe Prodigy , neither of which is likely to have much audience crosswalk with Neeson ’s belated .