Non-Stop (2014)

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
William "Bill" Marks	Liam Neeson	½
Jen Summers	Julianne Moore	½
Nancy Hoffman	Michelle Dockery	½
Zack White	Nate Parker
Captain David McMillan	Linus Roache
Tom Bowen	Scoot McNairy	½
Austin Reilly	Corey Stoll
Gwen Lloyd	Lupita Nyong'o
Jack Hammond	Anson Mount
Dr. Fahim Nasir	Omar Metwally
Agent Marenick	Shea Whigham

Review

Liam Neeson stars with unsubtle drive in this high-octane suspense film about a possible high-jacking aboard a transatlantic flight. Although the film doesn't have much to offer in terms of afterthought, and will probably pass you by like a plane overhead, it maintains an incredible tension for its entire running time, inviting you to non-stop (sic) puzzles and perils and playing on your entire emotional register. Director Jaume Collet-Serra (Orphan, Unknown) finds a vein of realism in an otherwise unlikely situation; he's concerned with how real people would think and act in a situation like this, and this is why Non-Stop works so well, because the entire effect of the film is putting the audience in the same situation as the people on this plane. Liam Neeson may be about to typecast himself (Taken, Unknown, Taken 2, etc.), but he's one of those performers who seem more authentic the more extreme the situation is, which incidentally is ideal for this part.