The film stars an action legend.
Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 8 January) is Retribution, a 2023 action thriller starring Liam Neeson.
A remake of the well-liked 2015 Spanish film of the same name, Neeson plays a husband and father named Matt who, while driving his kids (Jack Champion and Lilly Aspell) to school, receives a call from an unknown number with a distorted voice.
The mysterious caller says that there is a bomb under Matt’s seat and that it will be detonated if Matt doesn’t complete a series of increasingly dangerous tasks.
Also featuring amongst its cast Arian Moayed (Succession), Embeth Davidtz (Matilda), Matthew Modine (Full Metal Jacket) and Noma Dumezweni (The Undoing), Retribution was directed by B-movie maestro Nimród Antal (Predators, Vacancy).
While the film earned mixed reviews, Neeson’s involvement and the fact that the premise is basically Phone Booth meets Speed mean the action thriller is probably worth a look.
The movie airs tonight on Sky Showcase at 9pm. It can also be streamed on NOW Cinema and Sky Cinema.
Here are the other movies airing on TV tonight:
Out of Sight – Legend – 9pm
George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez light up the screen in this great crime caper.
Dr. No – ITV4 – 9pm
The first film in the James Bond series of movies.
Venom: Let There Be Carnage – RTÉ2 – 9pm
Tom Hardy’s Venom faces off against Woody Harrelson’s Carnage in this wacky superhero sequel.
Acts of Vengeance – Legend Xtra – 9pm
Antonio Banderas plays a man who seeks vengeance after his wife and daughter are killed in this 2017 action thriller.
The Flock – Legend Xtra – 10.45pm
Claire Danes and Richard Gere headline this thriller as Department of Public Safety agents on the hunt for a missing girl.
The Resident – Legend – 11.20pm
In this horror, a woman (two-time Oscar-winner Hilary Swank) comes to suspect she is being stalked after moving into a new Brooklyn loft.
The Shallows – BBC One – 11.40pm
Blake Lively stars in this brilliant shark survival flick.
Read more:
- Prime Video has just added one of 2024’s very best action movies
- One of the best war movies of recent years is on TV tonight
- The JOE Film Club Quiz: Week 27
- Nosferatu’s Robert Eggers wants to make movie adaptation of this legendarily spooky story
LISTEN: You Must Be Jokin’ with Aideen McQueen – Faith healers, Coolock craic and Gigging as Gaeilge
