A finance capitalist in Berlin is targeted by a mysterious car bomber as he drives his children to school. Retribution, a remake of the 2015 Spanish film El Desconocido, has Liam Neeson back to old tricks in a generic actioner. The producers behind Unknown, Non-Stop, Run All Night, and The Commuter update the primary setting to a car in a bustling metropolis. The rub is that it will explode if the protagonist attempts to get out or call for help. You don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to deduce the villain. There's reasonable tension and the film is capably acted, but the overall experience feels like a tired retread.
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