“In The Land Of Saints And Sinners” (** out of four) was a fairly one-note melodrama set in Ireland in which an Irish hitman (Liam Neeson) is trying to make up for his lifetime of sin and murder but finds that he cannot escape his former lifestyle as he continues to be faced with moral and personal opposition from various friends and members of the underworld (Colm Meaney, Desmond Eastwood, Kerry Condon, and others). Well-acted and remains watchable but missing the dramatic fire and multi-dimensional characterization that this type of film needs to make it really compelling. Second collaboration between Neeson and Meaney and also director Robert Lorenz and is about on par with previous efforts “The Marksman” and “Marlowe.”

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