“Blacklight” (** out of four) was a by-the-numbers Liam Neeson action potboiler starring him as (what else?) a shadowy former government operative who begins to unravel a widespread conspiracy involving the F.B.I. director (Aidan Quinn) once a fellow operative (Taylor John Smith) is murdered and he takes it on the run killing anything and everything that gets in his way. Needlessly murky and overly routine with only Neeson’s effortless charisma to support it although even he seems to be simply going through the motions here. This was actually written by former U.S. Department Of Justice attorney Nick May but regardless- this feels just “Bourne” again.

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