The star plays a businessman who's informed that his car is rigged with bombs that will explode if he or his kids attempt to get out.
Neeson plays Matt, a businessman with no particular set of skills, who’s clearly been neglecting his wife and his teenage son and younger daughter . At his wife’s urging, Matt reluctantly agrees to drive the kids to school, a task he’s long neglected, and that’s when the trouble begins.
Matt is told by the unknown caller, who’s conveniently placed a cellphone in the car along with those bombs, that he must arrange the transfer of hundreds of millions of euros from some shady overseas account that signifies that Matt isn’t totally above board in his business dealings. At first, his kids, typically distracted by their electronic devices, are oblivious to the danger. But he’s soon forced to clue them in, especially when he’s ordered to throw their cellphones out of the car.
Things get even dicier when Matt is directed to pull over near a car in which he finds his business associate and best friend Anders , whom he’s ordered to shoot with a gun that’s also been placed in the car. . Anders, unaware of Matt’s predicament, is understandably confused by his friend’s behavior, but if you’ve seen the film’s trailer you know that his confusion doesn’t last long.
The cat-and-mouse game between Matt and his tormenter takes on more complexity when the authorities get involved — not surprising since explosions are occurring around the city at a higher rate than usual. The Europol agent (Noma Dumezweni, who played Hermione in both the London and Broadway productions of
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