Review: ‘Retribution’ straps Liam Neeson in for the same vehicle, durable if familiar

Liam Neeson has done so many variations on the “angry dad” action hero that we can start dividing those movies into sub-genres. The actor’s latest, “Retribution,” slots alongside “Non-Stop” and “The Commuter” as one of his “angry dad has a bad day” entries. A scene from the movie “Retribution.” The script is too flatly functional, weighed down by periodic info dumps where various people try to explain how Matt’s floundering business might connect to his current predicament — where the retribution in “Retribution” may be coming from, in other words. While “Retribution” is far from Neeson’s best, it still mostly works, so long as you tune out the dialogue and focus on the hero’s twitchy face, waiting to see which will blow to smithereens first: his car or his patience.