The Commuter (2018)
Lives are on the line
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The Commuter rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb6.3/10· 133K votes
Rotten Tomatoes55%
Metacritic56%
TMDb6.4/10· 5K votesWith 55% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.3/10 on IMDb and 56/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.
About The Commuter
A businessman, on his daily commute home, gets unwittingly caught up in a criminal conspiracy that threatens not only his life but the lives of those around him.
Cast of The Commuter
Liam Neeson
as Michael MacCauley
Patrick Wilson
as Alex Murphy
Sam Neill
as Captain Hawthorne
Jonathan Banks
as Walt
Vera Farmiga
as Joanna
Elizabeth McGovern
as Karen MacCauley
Killian Scott
as Dylan
Shazad Latif
as Vince
Andy Nyman
as Tony
Colin McFarlane
as Conductor Sam
Roland Møller
as Jackson
Florence Pugh
as Gwen
The Commuter facts
- Budget
- $30M
- Box office
- $119.9M
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Train conspiracy thriller offers confined tension concept
- •Mystery genre elements keep narrative unpredictable
- •Solid IMDB rating shows audience engagement level
What the audience disliked
- •Moderate critical scores suggest routine thriller elements
- •Limited keyword depth indicates plot simplicity concerns
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