Rip-roaring action in Liam Neeson’s ‘ The Commuter’

A scene from ' The Commuter' inside the train LIAM NEESON and director Jaume Collet-Serra team up once again after an enviable track record with “Non-Stop” amassing $222.8 million worldwide in 2014 and "Unknown’s" $130.8 million in 2011. This year, they are set to take audiences on another thrilling ride in the latest actionsuspense movie “The Commuter” set on a train in New York, taking the viewer out of the main location of the train to the outside world—into the main character’s family home and into the Michael’s (Neeson) daily routine.

However, an ordinary day turns extraordinary when Michael gets on the to face his family and admit that he bankruptcy. Into the seat opposite him slides a woman, who is not one of the regular commuters Michael knows to nod hello to. She introduces herself to him as Joanna ( Vera Farmiga), and before long makes him a strange offer: something of hers has been stolen on the train and she needs help finding it. If he agrees to help, he’ll be richly compensated.

One of the crucial elements to cranking up the excitement of the worked 16 times with Neeson so has perfected a succinct shorthand while training the actor which, according to producer Andrew Rona, has meant “there’s a real level of trust.”

“We were able to push the boundaries of the stunt work and the jeopardy that we put him in because Liam com - making team,” Rona added.

Meanwhile, it was the everyman quality of the lead character that appealed to Neeson. “Michael has been days a week and then one day gets Liam Neeson