A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014)

Gritty adaptation of the Lawrence Block novel, starring Liam Neeson as former cop and ex-alcoholic Matthew Scudder. 

Scudder, who now works as a private detective, begins investigating a series of brutal kidnappings. 

It’s a little gruelling in places – there’s a theme about chopping people up, so there’s some gore. There’s a degree of tension from the suspenseful plotting, and the film is highly watchable without ever quite dazzling. 

The “Y2K” panic references stand out. It’s a story that’s preoccupied with the millennium in a way that seems baffling now.