Film review: Liam Neeson’s overall performance is a solid addition to the Marlowe canon

Marlowe as an older and slightly wiser PI — which, in theory, makes Liam Neeson an ideal piece of casting as the grubby knight errant.

Liam Neeson as Philip Marlowe

★★★☆☆

Philip Marlowe is the most accomplished private eye in movie history, with Humphrey Bogart’s turn in The Big Sleep (1946), following on from his portrayal of Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon (1941), setting the standard for every shamus who followed.