“Absolution” (** out of four) was a muffled action melodrama about an aging gangster (Liam Neeson) with early forms of brain damage who tries to rectify his past by reconnecting with his now-grown daughter (Frankie Shaw) but the criminal kingpin (Ron Perlman) he works for and others won’t let him go and he finds it impossible to escape the clutches of his violent past. Film incorporates themes of the recent “Knox Goes Away” with some of Neeson’s own “Taken” but it doesn’t converge into a satisfying whole. Neeson is solid as always and helps keep film watchable.