Liam Neeson plays a regretful gangster with a serious medical condition in this drab, downbeat action movie. By Jeannette Catsoulis When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film ...

All the familiar elements are here: He’s down on his luck and lonely, a man who has made nothing but bad choices, and now he regrets it. He’s estranged from his family. He’s an alcoholic. He’s ill.

Liam Neeson plays a Boston mob enforcer with memory problems in his latest tough-guy tale, “Absolution.” The 72-year-old actor has said that he’s looking to wind down the action career that kicked off ...