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Memory

  • 20222022
  • RR
  • 1h 54m
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
11K
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Liam Neeson in Memory (2022)
Follows Alex Lewis, an expert assassin with a reputation for discreet precision. Caught in a moral quagmire, Alex refuses to complete a job that violates his code and must quickly hunt down and kill the people who hired him before they and FBI agent Vincent Serra find him first. Alex is built for revenge but, with a memory that is beginning to falter, he is forced to question his every action, blurring the line between right and wrong.
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An assassin-for-hire finds that he's become a target after he refuses to complete a job for a dangerous criminal organization.An assassin-for-hire finds that he's become a target after he refuses to complete a job for a dangerous criminal organization.An assassin-for-hire finds that he's become a target after he refuses to complete a job for a dangerous criminal organization.
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
11K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
94
45
  • Director
    • Martin Campbell
  • Writers
    • Dario Scardapane(screenplay by)
    • Jef Geeraerts(based on the book "De Zaak Alzheimer" by)
    • Carl Joos(based on the picture "De Zaak Alzheimer" by)
  • Stars
    • Liam Neeson
    • Guy Pearce
    • Taj Atwal
Top credits
  • Director
    • Martin Campbell
  • Writers
    • Dario Scardapane(screenplay by)
    • Jef Geeraerts(based on the book "De Zaak Alzheimer" by)
    • Carl Joos(based on the picture "De Zaak Alzheimer" by)
  • Stars
    • Liam Neeson
    • Guy Pearce
    • Taj Atwal
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 151User reviews
    • 67Critic reviews
    • 41Metascore
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    Liam Neeson
    Liam Neeson
    • Alex Lewis
    Guy Pearce
    Guy Pearce
    • Special Agent Vincent Serra
    Taj Atwal
    Taj Atwal
    • Special Agent Linda Amisted
    Harold Torres
    Harold Torres
    • Det. Hugo Marquez
    Ray Fearon
    Ray Fearon
    • Special Agent Gerald Nussbaum
    Monica Bellucci
    Monica Bellucci
    • Davana Sealman
    Ray Stevenson
    Ray Stevenson
    • Det. Danny Mora
    Mia Sanchez
    Mia Sanchez
    • Beatriz Leon
    Daniel De Bourg
    Daniel De Bourg
    • William Borden
    Natalie Anderson
    Natalie Anderson
    • Maryanne Borden
    Rebecca Calder
    Rebecca Calder
    • Wendy Van Camp
    Scot Williams
    Scot Williams
    • Ellis Van Camp
    Doug Rao
    Doug Rao
    • Andy Villalobos
    Atanas Srebrev
    Atanas Srebrev
    • Dr. Meyers
    Lee Boardman
    Lee Boardman
    • Mauricio
    Stella Stocker
    Stella Stocker
    • Maya
    Josh Taylor
    Josh Taylor
    • Randy Sealman
    Vladimir Mihaylov
    • Special Agent Coleman
    • (as Vlado Mihailov)
    • Director
      • Martin Campbell
    • Writers
      • Dario Scardapane(screenplay by)
      • Jef Geeraerts(based on the book "De Zaak Alzheimer" by)
      • Carl Joos(based on the picture "De Zaak Alzheimer" by)
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    • Trivia
      Based on the Belgian film The Memory of a Killer (2003), directed by Erik Van Looy (known for The Loft (2014) written by Carl Joos (known for Cordon (2014), The Treatment (2014) and The Broken Circle Breakdown (2012)).
    • Goofs
      At around 1.16.20 into the movie, as Detective Hugo Marquez (Harold Torres) enters the bakery, a hand can be seen three times in quick succession, throwing pigeons into the frame.
    • Quotes

      Alex Lewis: [from the trailer]

      [as he leaves Mauricio to be blown up by a car bomb]

      Alex Lewis: Happy Retirement Maury

      [last lines]

      Mauricio: Alex/Lewis

      [said bomb detonates]

    • Connections
      Featured in USFL on Fox: Birmingham Stallions vs. Houston Gamblers (2022)
    • Soundtracks
      Scent from the Past
      Written by Giordano Trivellato & Giuliano Sacchetto

      Published by Tobacco Music Edition

      Performed by Relaxing Instrumental Jazz Academy

      Courtesy of Equilibrium SRL

    User reviews151

    Review
    Top review
    He's back and better than ever. Even revenge never had it better.
    "Justice comes down to him." From The Marksman

    Vigilante revenge is riddled through American thriller films, and nobody does it better than Liam Neeson. In an interview, he believes audiences love seeing the big old guy kicking butt for the rest of us stuck home from covid, retirement, or whatever.

    In Martin Campbell's Memory (the 78-year-old Casino Royale director like Neeson still has his mojo), he plays Alex Lewis, a contract killer telling his sponsors he's done, but they refuse to accept his offer. Because his current contract involves murdering a 13-year-old girl, Beatriz (Mia Sanchez), he's not going to do it, period! Per usual, Neeson's hardcore vigilante has his limits: Involving children is a non-no, and it's an immediate softener for the audience. Plus, such a code allows the essential Neeson to emerge-a good guy underneath his "special skills."

    This refinement of past assignments, this surfacing of a standard that brooks no trafficking in young people, is a moral advance for an immoral assassin. The audience immediately sides with the hit man and shows no sympathy for the rich people doing the reprehensible trafficking. Memory's loaded with sympathy for Alex, especially when he connects with FBI agent Vincent, played by Guy Pearce (a nice touch as we remember him in that classic thriller, Memento). Both are tough men on the opposite sides of the law, who have a sympathetic side that ingratiates without sapping the tough guy the audience has always savored.

    The strongest leitmotif is that of memory, or the lack thereof, so that the early-onset Alzheimer's plays a technical part of the plot and a thematic reminder that combating trafficking is going to involve memory, not just of the computer kind. One memory Alex never loses is the murder of young Beatriz, for whose violent end Alex was not responsible.

    Along the way, this layered thriller comments on the limits of justice and the questionable answer of vigilantism. While the film leans toward the latter, so too does the stock Neeson character, whose sympathy we have when we see how free the bad boys and girls go.

    They still need to be wary of old men with dementia-it's those hidden skills, Baby. "HIS MIND IS FADING. HIS CONSCIENCE IS CLEAR," says the memory poster.
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    • Apr 29, 2022

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    • Release date
      • April 29, 2022 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Флешбек
    • Filming locations
      • Sofia, Bulgaria
    • Production companies
      • Black Bear Pictures
      • Arthur Sarkissian Productions
      • Saville Productions
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $7,329,043
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $3,113,298
      • May 1, 2022
    • Gross worldwide
      • $12,069,159
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 54 minutes
    • Color
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      • 2.39 : 1

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