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Film · 2018

The Commuter

Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra · starring Liam Neeson, Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson

  • 1 h 44 min
  • 15
  • Crime · Drama · Mystery
  • USAUK
  • Released in the UK 18 January 2018
  • 5.9 AverageMovieNCo
  • 5.7 Users11 votes
  • 6.2 Critics5 reviews
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Synopsis

Jaume Collet-Serra ('The Orphan') directs this thriller starring Liam Neeson ('Star Wars - Episode I: The Phantom Menace') and Vera Farmiga ('Warren File: The Enfiled Case'). A businessman (Liam Neeson) takes the same train every day to go back and forth from his job for 10 years, something that has become his daily routine and a journey in which he never usually has any problem with which deal on the way to work. One day, a woman he does not know (Vera Farmiga) is interested in him sitting next to him on the train, which first seems somewhat suspicious, but does not give much importance. The mysterious woman tells him that she is dedicated to studying human behavior and what he wants to know is what kind of person he is, so he decides to start a conversation with her since he has no reason to distrust. He proposes an experiment in which he offers a sum of money for investigating a person on the train, and he accepts, although not knowing very well what he is getting into, that it turns out to be something extremely dangerous. Without realizing it, he is involved in a dangerous situation and must flee from there.

The film premiered on January 26, 2018 in Spain and had critics of all kinds. A thriller for lovers of action, drama and mystery.

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The essentials

Runtime
104 min1 hour and 44 minutes
Budget
$30mStudio Canal
Box office
$25.6m0.9 times its budget
Rating
15Suitable only for 15 years and over
How long is The Commuter?
1 hour and 44 minutes (104 minutes).
When was The Commuter released in the UK?
It was released in the UK on 18 January 2018.
Who directed The Commuter?
Jaume Collet-Serra.
Who is in The Commuter?
It stars Liam Neeson, Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson and Jonathan Banks.
Where can I watch The Commuter?
In the UK it is available with a subscription on Prime Video and with a channel on Apple TV.
How much did The Commuter make?
It took $25.6 million in US. It cost $30 million.
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Cast

Full cast (30)
Director
Jaume Collet-Serra
Writers
Ryan Engle
Music
Roque Baños
Producers
Stuart M. Besser, Jaume Collet-Serra, Ron Halpern

Videos and trailers

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Official trailer 'The Commuter' 1:5612 September 2017

Photos and posters

All 14 photos

Reviews

All 6 reviews
5.7 11 votes
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What the critics say average 6.2 from 5 outlets

  • 7.0 The Hollywood ReporterJordan Mintzer It's a certified B-movie without superheroes or interplanetary travel, drawing its power from a whodunit, race-against-the-clock scenario that plays as if The Lady Vanishes and Strangers on a Train… Read
  • 6.5 The WrapAlonso Duralde Collet-Serra?s fourth team-up with Neeson, 'The Commuter', represents neither man?s finest work, but at its best, it suggests the snap and fun they?ve brought us before. Read
  • 6.3 VarietyGuy Lodge 'The Commuter's breakneck incoherence ? not to mention a generally dour demeanor, shorter on incidental humor than most of the helmer?s work ? makes it a notch less fun than those previous… Read

Box office

Weekend by weekend
  • Budget $30m
  • US $25.6m
  • UK £1.6m

Soundtrack

All 4 songs
  1. Melting PotBlue Mink Spotify
  2. In the MirrorPublic Access TV Spotify
  3. Un-NamedCosima Spotify
  4. Ride of the ValkyriesArranged, Jeff Meegan, Julian Gallant, David Tobin, of Audio Network Ltd Spotify

Trivia

All 7 facts

  • Long collaboration

    Liam Neeson and director Jaume Collet-Serra have worked together on other occasions, in films such as 'Non-Stop', 'Unknown' and 'Run All Night'.

  • A thousand times Michael

    Liam Neeson has played characters with Michael's name on several occasions. In films like 'Third person', 'Michael Collins', 'Husbands and wives' or 'Lamb'.

  • Short but expensive

    Despite receiving the prominent second billing, Vera Farmiga has only about 6 minutes of screen time.

  • No trains

    Neeson revealed on a talk show that no scenes were filmed on board an actual train. Instead, all of these scenes were shot on a soundstage, with the same single mock-up train cabinet serving as all of them, only slightly redressed, and all the outside scenery added in post production with the help of green screens.

  • Myers Briggs

    The sixteen personalities that Joanna refers to when she strikes up the initial conversation on the train are the Myers Briggs types.

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