Liam Neeson's Airplane Action Thriller From Carry-On Director Becomes Global Netflix Hit
Liam Neeson's airplane action thriller from the director of Carry-On has become a global Netflix hit. Though the Irish actor rose to prominence for his performance in Steven Spielberg's acclaimed Holocaust drama Schindler's List, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor, Neeson redefined himself as an action star with the Taken movies. Some of his other action movies include The A-Team, The Grey, Wrath of the Titans, A Walk Among the Tombstones, and Cold Pursuit.
Within the action genre, Neeson has collaborated with director Jaume Collet-Serra numerous times. To date, Neeson has starred in four films from the director – Unknown, Non-Stop, Run All Night, and The Commuter – all of which are action thrillers that received mixed reviews from critics, but were mostly box-office successes. Jaume Collet-Serra's latest action thriller is Netflix's Carry-On, which stars Taron Egerton as a TSA agent who is blackmailed into allowing a dangerous package on board a flight.
Non-Stop Becomes A Global Netflix Hit
It Ranks 6th For This Week
Non-Stop, Liam Neeson's airplane action thriller, has become a global Netflix hit amid Carry-On's immense popularity. Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, the 2014 movie stars Liam Neeson as a federal air marshal on a transatlantic flight who receives text messages saying someone on board will die every 20 minutes until financial demands are met. The cast also includes Julianne Moore, Scoot McNairy, Michelle Dockery, Nate Parker, Corey Stoll, Lupita Nyong'o, Jason Butler Harner, Linus Roache, Shea Whigham, Anson Mount, and Corey Hawkins.
Now, a decade after its release, Liam Neeson and Jaume Collet-Serra's airplane action thriller is now a global Netflix hit. Non-Stop ranks sixth on Netflix's Global Top 10 movies for this week with 4.2 million views and 7.5 million hours viewed. It's in the Top 10 in 17 countries, including No. 1 in Brazil, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Paraguay, and El Salvador. Collet-Serra's Carry-On ranked first for the fourth straight week and recently became Netflix's fifth most-watched movie in its history.
Non-Stop is no longer available on Netflix in the United States.
What Non-Stop's Netflix Success Means
Jaume Collet-Serra's Airplane Action Thrillers Are Having A Moment?
The immense popularity of Carry-On likely urged audiences to check out Jaume Collet-Serra's previous airplane action thriller, Non-Stop, also streaming on Netflix. Both movies share the same high-stakes setting and showcase the director's knack for crafting these tense scenarios. Though both movies may devolve into unbelievability, audiences introduced to Carry-On's confident execution, solid premise, and tense setup may have discovered Non-Stop as a natural next watch, and were further enticed by Liam Neeson's star power.
Non-Stop was a big box office success in 2014, grossing $222 million against its $28–50 million budget.
Source: Netflix
Non-Stop
5/10- Release Date
- February 26, 2014
- Runtime
- 106 Minutes
- Director
- Jaume Collet-Serra
- Writers
- John W. Richardson, Christopher Roach, Ryan Engle
Cast
See AllNon-Stop is a thriller featuring Liam Neeson as U.S. Air Marshal Bill Marks. During a transatlantic flight, Marks receives a series of threatening text messages that endanger passengers' lives and demands a large ransom. The film delves into the ensuing tense and escalating situation, as Marks must identify and stop the perpetrator before disaster strikes. Co-starring Julianne Moore, Non-Stop is directed by Jaume Collet-Serra.
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- Birthdate
- June 7, 1952
- Birthplace
- Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
- Height
- 6 feet 4 inches
- Notable Projects
- Schindler's List, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, Taken
- Professions
- Actor, Voice Actor
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