Cold Pursuit (2019)

Cold Pursuit (2019): adapted by Frank Baldwin from the film Kraftidioten written by Kim Fupz Aakeson; directed by Hans Petter Moland; starring Liam Neeson (Nels Coxman), Laura Dern (Grace Coxman), Micheal Richardson (Kyle Coxman), William Forsythe (Brock Coxman), Nicholas Holmes (Ryan), Elizabeth Thai (Ahn), Glen Gould (War Dog), Julia Jones (Aya), Tom Bateman ('Viking'), Tom Jackson (White Bull), and Emmy Rossum (Officer Dash): 

A very enjoyable bit of black comedy dressed up as one of Liam Neeson's revenge dramas. Neeson's Nels Coxman is a laconic small-town Colorado snowplow driver who just won Citizen of the Year for that town. But the murder of his son by Denver drug criminals sends him out in search of revenge using his very specific set of skills... snowplow driving!

Well, OK, there's maybe not as much snow-plow-related mayhem as I would have liked (though the last one is a doozy). Neeson seems to have a bounce in his step throughout as he's given something more than revenge to deal with. Coxman is out of his depth at times when it comes to killing, kidnapping, and general mayhem. But he keeps trying. And his revenge sets off the sort of cascade of criminal death epitomized so brilliantly in Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo (Or Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars, if you wish).

Director Hans Petter Moland is remaking his own film here, Kraftidioten, relocating it from Scandanavia to the Rockies. He does a nice job for the most part -- the snow sure looks great, and I really like a recurring bit showing how Coxman disposes of the bodies early on. And it's nice to see Tom Jackson in this and Season 3 of Cardinal because everybody loves Tom Jackson. Recommended.