Liam Neeson followers just lately bought to see his humorous facet with The Bare Gun in cinemas, however streaming audiences have proved that his motion motion pictures are nonetheless pulling in viewers by the truckload – actually in his newest chart-topping hit, Ice Street: Vengeance. The sequel to Neeson’s 2021 hit – sure, it was referred to as The Ice Street, if you should be instructed – made a minimal impression on the field workplace in the course of the summer season, however has instantly grow to be the most-watched film on 
Prime Video after its streaming launch.
Neeson has just lately been claiming that he’s getting too previous to be throwing himself out of transferring automobiles and going one-on-one with massive, powerful unhealthy guys. It doesn’t appear to be making his motion choices any much less appreciated by his followers, as Ice Street: Vengeance’s streaming debut noticed it taking on the worldwide chart, placing it above different motion motion pictures corresponding to Ben Affleck’s The Accountant 2, Mark Wahlberg’s Flight Threat, and even different older Neeson favorites, Non-Cease and The Commuter.
In Ice Street: Vengeance, long-haul trucker Mike McCann (Neeson) is again on treacherous roads with an expedition group to drive an armored bus by means of Nepal to scatter his late brother’s ashes, however the job turns into much more harmful when their group begins being hunted down by mercenaries. The film is a switch-up from the unique film however continues to ship the identical white-knuckle thrills. Fan Bingbing co-stars with Neeson in a standout supporting position, with Bernard Curry, Salim Fayad, and Geoff Morrell rounding out the primary solid.
‘Ice Street: Vengeance’ Did Not Land Neeson’s Greatest Rotten Tomatoes Scores
Motion motion pictures have a fame for being overly generic and Ice Street: Vengeance falls into that class in keeping with each its critic and viewers scores on Rotten Tomatoes. Neeson has been on the receiving finish of some harsh opinions, and the 18% Tomatometer rating and 30% Popcornmeter for Ice Street: Vengeance are amongst a few of his lowest.
The principle situation folks discovered with the film was that, in contrast to its predecessor, it didn’t characteristic a lot ice and as an alternative performed out like so a lot of Neeson’s different actioners of the final twenty years. Is {that a} unhealthy factor? Not in keeping with the numerous who streamed the film as quickly because it dropped on Prime Video and lapped up extra of the actor’s traditional model of fist-fights, tense stand-offs, and borderline-believable motion sequences that no common septuagenarian can pull off in fairly the identical means.
In the primary, Ice Street: Vengeance is just not going to transform anybody who doesn’t already love Neeson’s output from the final 20 years. Nevertheless, for everybody else, it continues to indicate {that a} film doesn’t need to be unique to be a streaming hit. Actually, the extra acquainted a film sounds, the extra probably individuals are going to be interested in it when flicking by means of new arrivals on one among a number of platforms. For many who like their motion motion pictures with a way of familiarity, Ice Street: Vengeance is clearly going to be proper up your frosty avenue.
Ice Street: Vengeance
- Launch Date
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June 27, 2025
- Runtime
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113 minutes
- Director
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Jonathan Hensleigh
- Writers
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Jonathan Hensleigh
- Producers
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Al Corley, Bart Rosenblatt, Eugene Musso, Lee Nelson, Shivani Rawat, David Tish
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Fan Bingbing
Dhani Yangchen
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Grace O’Sullivan
Starr Myers
