The Marksman

2021 • 108 minutes

About this movie

Ex-Marine and hardened Arizona rancher Jim Hanson (Liam Neeson) simply wants to be left alone as he tries to make a living on an isolated stretch of borderland. But everything changes when he witnesses 11-year-old migrant Miguel and his mother fleeing from a band of assassins sent by a ruthless drug cartel. After being caught in a shootout, Miguel's mother begs Jim to take her son to the safety of their family in Chicago. Defying law enforcement, Jim and Miguel hit the road and slowly begin to forge an unlikely friendship while the cartel's relentless assassins blaze a bloody trail, hot on their heels.

Ratings and reviews

Too violent and the hero Liam Neeson dies at the end. This movie bombed at the box office. Liam Neeson is a good actor and he is better than this, to appear in a trashy movie like this is beneath him. If he wants to espouse important social justice issues, such as the inhumane and cruel treatment of Mexican migrants, he needs to be in a movie that doesn't promote and celebrate gratuitous violence and vulgar toxic masculinity! Don't use the terrible mistreatment of migrants to make a quick buck!

Horrible storyline. I'm getting the feeling that Hollywood is releasing movies in this genre to soften the hearts of Americans towards illegal immigrants coming into America. But this movie really sucks balls for Liam Neesan. All the shooting, fight, and car chase scenes were horribly put together and acted out. Total waste of money and time.

Decent enough film that follows the typical Liam Neeson formula. For everyone who was upset about the so called "spoiler" alert by Deborah, she really just stated her opinion. Yes, Neeson is injured at the end and YES he gets on a bus and closes his eyes, but no one can say definitively that he dies. Looks to me like a well deserved nap after a jaunt through hell to save a little boy. Who wouldn't be exhausted after such an adventure?