In Absolution, Liam Neeson looks and feels every bit of his 72 years playing an aged Boston boxer-turned-low-level gangster whose recent diagnosis of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) inspires him to try to reconnect with his adult daughter, Daisy (Frankie Shaw), and adolescent grandson, Dre (Terrence Pulliam). Neeson gives a strong performance, playing a man who initially conforms to all the archetypes of the tough, grizzled Liam Neeson persona the actor has cultivated over the past 15 years in action-thrillers such as Taken (2008) and its sequels, but is eventually revealed to a fraught, fearful soul who is quietly ... Read More