The Marksman is a American action film directed by Robert Lorenz. Liam Neeson as Jim Hanson, a former U.S. Marines sniper and Vietnam War veteran.

A rancher on the Arizona border becomes the unlikely defender of a young Mexican boy desperately fleeing the cartel assassins who’ve pursued him into the U.S.

The Marksman grossed $15.6 million in the United States and Canada, and $7.4 million in other territories, for a worldwide of $23 million. The film as being formulaic!

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Standard Liam Neeson movieThis is only the second film by director Robert Lorenzo. Who’s he? Exactly. He is best known as an assistant director and producer of mostly Clint Eastwood films and some great ones like Mystic River and Million Dollar Baby. His first solo film is Trouble with the Curve where the main role is played, surprisingly, by Clint Eastwood himself. I really liked that movie. The difference between this and this film is the script, this time he wrote it himself and it is not good at all. It is often predictable, one-way, and uneven. Overall though, I can’t judge the film with Liam Neeson where he plays himself badly. He will turn 69 this year, and he is still making films like this. I call this a typical Liam Neeson movie, if you’ve watched one in the last ten years, you’ve watched it all. A gloomy man with a difficult and vulnerable past who does not look for troubles but they find him, and he possesses special skills that he is forced to use. The good thing about movies like this is that you know you’re going to get what you expected, and all of those movies are good or very good, they won’t disappoint you. Same thing with this movie. If you’re going to look for holes in the script or criticize the characters, then this is not the movie for you. If you’re looking for a movie that will entertain you or take a break from your commitments for a hundred minutes, and you’re a fan of Mr. Neeson like me then I can definitely recommend this movie to you.