A Walk Among the Tombstones review – shamelessly exploitative crime thriller

Times critics on “A Walk Among the Tombstones,” “Tracks” and “This Is Where I Leave You.”

20th Century FoxHave we reached dystopia overload yet? In a year that's already provided us with Divergent and The Giver, now comes The Maze Runner, similarly drawn from the first in a series of best-selling young adult 

It's called “A Walk Among the Tombstones” from Block's 1992 novel and it seems completely faithful to the general ultra-dark vision of a very unusual crime novelist. The film's writer/director is Scott Frank, a man previously renowned for doing

Distinctly and proudly old-fashioned in its retro, film noir vibe, A Walk Among the Tombstones is notable for its dark atmospherics and strong performance by Liam Neeson in the latest example of his unlikely late career 

Every single Neeson action film since "Taken" has tried to replicate its success, and the plot of "A Walk Among The Tombstones" fits the general formula of "Liam Neeson kicks butt and takes names," which means it should