I saw Marlowe, starring Liam Neeson-the Taken movies, Batman Begins; Diane Kruger-The 355, National Treasure; Jessica Lange-American Horror Story_tv, Tootsie and Francois Arnaud-Blindspot_tv, The Borgias_tv.
This is a Philip Marlowe movie based on the famous private detective character created by Raymond Chandler. This movie is not based on one of his original books, but instead on a book called, The Black Eyed Blonde by Benjamin Black, aka John Banville. There have been lots of other actors that have portrayed Philip Marlowe-one of my favorites being the 1969 version with James Garner & Bruce Lee. This one is set in 1939 with Liam as the famous gum shoe that is hired by Diane to find her missing boyfriend, Francois. Jessica plays Diane's rich mother, who also has agendas of her own. There are the usual detective trappings going on; people unexpectedly turning up dead, different people looking for a certain object, people that you may or may not trust...etc. I must say, I was a little disappointed. I like the noir genre and the actors here are adequate in their roles but the only problem here is that it's a little slow and a little boring.
It's rated R for violence, language, drug use, smoking and sexual content-no nudity-and has a running time of 1 hour & 49 minutes.
It's not one that I would buy on DVD. If you are a fan, you might want to stream it.
This is a Philip Marlowe movie based on the famous private detective character created by Raymond Chandler. This movie is not based on one of his original books, but instead on a book called, The Black Eyed Blonde by Benjamin Black, aka John Banville. There have been lots of other actors that have portrayed Philip Marlowe-one of my favorites being the 1969 version with James Garner & Bruce Lee. This one is set in 1939 with Liam as the famous gum shoe that is hired by Diane to find her missing boyfriend, Francois. Jessica plays Diane's rich mother, who also has agendas of her own. There are the usual detective trappings going on; people unexpectedly turning up dead, different people looking for a certain object, people that you may or may not trust...etc. I must say, I was a little disappointed. I like the noir genre and the actors here are adequate in their roles but the only problem here is that it's a little slow and a little boring.
It's rated R for violence, language, drug use, smoking and sexual content-no nudity-and has a running time of 1 hour & 49 minutes.
It's not one that I would buy on DVD. If you are a fan, you might want to stream it.