# Run All Night (film)
*Run All Night* is a 2015 American action crime thriller directed by [Jaume Collet-Serra](https://www.edgepedia.org/jaume-collet-serra) and written by Brad Ingelsby, starring [Liam Neeson](https://www.edgepedia.org/liam-neeson) as an aging Brooklyn hit man who spends a single night protecting his estranged son from his former mob boss.[1](https://catalog.afi.com/Film/70674-RUN-ALL-NIGHT) It was the third collaboration between Neeson and Collet-Serra, after *[Unknown](https://www.edgepedia.org/unknown-2011-film)* (2011) and *Non-Stop* (2014).[2](https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/film-week-run-all-night)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Release | 13 March 2015, wide theatrical release, distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures[3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/run_all_night) |
| Runtime / rating | 114 minutes; rated R for strong violence, language including sexual references, and some drug use[3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/run_all_night) • [4](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/run-all-night) |
| Cast | Liam Neeson (Jimmy Conlon), Ed Harris (Shawn Maguire), Joel Kinnaman (Mike Conlon), Boyd Holbrook (Danny Maguire), Vincent D'Onofrio (Detective Harding), Common (Andrew Price)[1](https://catalog.afi.com/Film/70674-RUN-ALL-NIGHT) • [5](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/run-all-night/) |
| Box office | $26.5M gross in the United States[3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/run_all_night) |
| Critical scores | Metascore 59 from 34 critic reviews (mixed or average); 59% on the Tomatometer from 184 reviews[5](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/run-all-night/) • [3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/run_all_night) |
| Alternate titles | Night Run and The All Nighter during development[1](https://catalog.afi.com/Film/70674-RUN-ALL-NIGHT) |
| Music / cinematography | Score by Junkie XL; cinematography by Martin Ruhe[1](https://catalog.afi.com/Film/70674-RUN-ALL-NIGHT) |
## Spoilers
### Plot
Jimmy Conlon (Neeson), a Brooklyn mobster and prolific hit man once known as "The Gravedigger", is a 55-year-old alcoholic haunted by his past and dogged for 30 years by a police detective ([Vincent D'Onofrio](https://www.edgepedia.org/vincent-donofrio)).[5](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/run-all-night/) • [3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/run_all_night) He has spent decades alongside his best friend, the mob boss Shawn Maguire (Harris); the two came up together in Hell's Kitchen, served in the military together, and then built a criminal life together.[2](https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/film-week-run-all-night)
The feud begins when Shawn's son Danny (Holbrook) tries to kill Jimmy's estranged son Mike (Kinnaman), and Jimmy kills Danny instead.[2](https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/film-week-run-all-night) Shawn blames Jimmy and Mike for the death, and father and son must go on the run through one night and into the morning to survive.[6](https://www.netflix.com/title/80021752) • [7](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2199571/plotsummary/) Jimmy's stated aim is to keep Mike from winding up at the wrong end of a gun, making the night his attempt at atonement for the family he abandoned.[3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/run_all_night)
## Production
The film originated as a spec script by Brad Ingelsby titled *The All Nighter*, which Warner Bros. acquired in January 2012 for a reported six-figure sum.[8](https://www.thewrap.com/liam-neeson-negotiations-crime-thriller-all-nighter-exclusive-65506/) Neeson entered negotiations to star that November.[8](https://www.thewrap.com/liam-neeson-negotiations-crime-thriller-all-nighter-exclusive-65506/) Producers were [Roy Lee](https://www.edgepedia.org/roy-lee), Brooklyn Weaver, and Michael F. Tadross, with Vertigo Entertainment as the production company; the film was shot in New York.[1](https://catalog.afi.com/Film/70674-RUN-ALL-NIGHT) • [9](https://www.backstage.com/resources/detail/productionlisting/run-all-night-83579/) [The Australian](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-australian) classification record lists production companies Energy Entertainment and Vertigo Entertainment among the industry details.[10](https://www.classification.gov.au/titles/run-all-night)
## Reception
The film received mixed-to-favorable reviews. Rotten Tomatoes' critics consensus reads, "Liam Neeson is in typically fine form, but *Run All Night* suffers from a convoluted plot and workmanlike execution," and the audience score stood at 56 percent from more than 10,000 ratings.[3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/run_all_night) On Metacritic, 19 of 34 critic reviews were positive, 13 mixed, and 2 negative.[5](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/run-all-night/)
Critics singled out the pairing of Neeson and Harris. [Richard Roeper](https://www.edgepedia.org/richard-roeper) of the *Chicago Sun-Times* called it "a stylish and kinetic thriller, with Neeson at his gritty, world-weary best" and "a Hall of Fame villain in the great Ed Harris".[5](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/run-all-night/) Brian Tallerico of RogerEbert.com judged it Neeson and Collet-Serra's most satisfying work to date, crediting a strong ensemble, tight production values, and editing that keeps the plot moving.[11](https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/run-all-night-2015) In *Sight and Sound*, Nick Pinkerton described the film as "a fine piece of stick-and-move filmmaking" and called it a new high point for the Neeson actioner.[2](https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/film-week-run-all-night) Recurring criticisms concerned the third act and pacing: *Entertainment Weekly* wrote that the film "gets a little slack with its third act and runs out of steam by the time the final showdown arrives".[5](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/run-all-night/)
Reviewers also noted the film's New York texture. Joshua Rothkopf of *Time Out* compared its better moments to *The Fugitive* (1993) and praised the location shooting in Brooklyn and Queens, while faulting a climax that retreats to upstate woods and an underdeveloped detective character.[12](https://www.timeout.com/movies/run-all-night) Paste's Brent McKnight observed a Brooklyn car chase that tips its cap to *The French Connection*, but called the second act bloated, citing an awkward flashback, a hospital detour, and the assassin played by Common as threads that could have been cut.[13](https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/run-all-night)
## Box office and aftermath
The film grossed $26.5 million in the United States.[3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/run_all_night) A FilmL.A. industry study recorded $61.6 million attributed to New York for the production's incentive accounting.[14](https://filmla.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/2015_film_study_v5_WEB.pdf) In a later career survey of Collet-Serra's films, *Sight and Sound* identified *Run All Night* as his highest-budgeted film and the one that could be said to have underperformed commercially.[15](https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/features/survival-instincts-cinema-jaume-collet-serra) The film's teaming of Neeson and Collet-Serra continued afterward with *[The Commuter](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-commuter-film)* (2018).[16](https://time.com/5099715/the-commuter-movie-review/)
## References
1. [Run All Night (2015), AFI Catalog](https://catalog.afi.com/Film/70674-RUN-ALL-NIGHT)
2. [Film of the week: Run All Night, Sight and Sound (Nick Pinkerton)](https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/film-week-run-all-night)
3. [Run All Night, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/run_all_night)
4. [Run All Night Parents' Guide, Common Sense Media](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/run-all-night)
5. [Run All Night Reviews, Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/run-all-night/)
6. [Run All Night, Netflix](https://www.netflix.com/title/80021752)
7. [Run All Night (2015) Plot, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2199571/plotsummary/)
8. [Liam Neeson in Negotiations for Crime Thriller 'The All Nighter' (Exclusive), TheWrap](https://www.thewrap.com/liam-neeson-negotiations-crime-thriller-all-nighter-exclusive-65506/)
9. [Run All Night Production Listing, Backstage](https://www.backstage.com/resources/detail/productionlisting/run-all-night-83579/)
10. [RUN ALL NIGHT, Australian Classification](https://www.classification.gov.au/titles/run-all-night)
11. [Run All Night movie review & film summary, RogerEbert.com (Brian Tallerico)](https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/run-all-night-2015)
12. [Run All Night review, Time Out (Joshua Rothkopf)](https://www.timeout.com/movies/run-all-night)
13. [Run All Night, Paste Magazine (Brent McKnight)](https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/run-all-night)
14. [Feature Film Study 2015, FilmL.A.](https://filmla.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/2015_film_study_v5_WEB.pdf)
15. [Survival instincts: the cinema of Jaume Collet-Serra, Sight and Sound](https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/features/survival-instincts-cinema-jaume-collet-serra)
16. [In The Commuter, Liam Neeson Saves a Train with Implausible Aplomb, Time](https://time.com/5099715/the-commuter-movie-review/)
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