With directorMark Williams’Blacklightopening in theaters this weekend, the other day I spoke toLiam Neesonabout making his latest action thriller. If you haven’t seen the trailer,Blacklightstars Neeson as an FBI fixer who gets in way over his head after getting involved in a deadly conspiracy. As you might expect, Neeson is forced to kick some ass. Written byNick Mayand Williams,Blacklightalso starsAidan Quinn(Elementary),Emmy Raver-Lampman(The Umbrella Academy), andTaylor John Smith(Sharp Objects). The film was produced by Willams,Paul Currie,Myles Nestel,Alevé Loh, andCoco Xiaqlu Ma.
During the interview, Neeson talks about why he wanted to make Blacklight, getting to work with Aidan Quinn again, how the film deals with unchecked power in government, how the new directors he’s been working with have been great, and what’s the first thing you should watch if you’ve never seen his work. In addition, he talked about working withNeil Jordanagain onMarlowe(he plays Philip Marlowe in theWilliam Monahanpenned script)and how it was his 100th film.
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Watch what Neeson had to say in the player above and exactly what we talked about and the official synopsis are below.
Liam Neeson
Here’s the full synopsis forBlacklight:
Trust, identity, and the danger of unchecked power push a covert operative to the edge in director Mark Williams’ intense action thriller Blacklight. Travis Block (Neeson) lives and fights in the shadows. A freelance government “fixer,” Block is a dangerous man whose assignments have included extracting agents out of deep-cover situations. When Block discovers a shadowy program called Operation Unity is striking down ordinary citizens for reasons known only to Block’s boss, FBI chief Robinson (Quinn), he enlists the help of a journalist (Raver-Lampman), but his past and present collide when his daughter and granddaughter are threatened. Now Block needs to rescue the people he loves and expose the truth for a shot at redemption. Nothing and no one is safe when secrets are hidden in Blacklight.
