NEW NETFLIX THRILLER WITH LIAM NEESON DUBBED 'HIS BEST FILM SINCE TAKEN'

Netflix has just added a new thriller that has Liam Neeson fans soaking up the action as they compare it with Taken, one of his most popular films.

Neeson also leads an Irish cast so starry it’s been likened to the country’s equivalent of the Avengers movies.

Directed by Robert Lorenz, In the Land of Saints and Sinners – which premiered at the Venice Film Festival last September – was added to Netflix on Friday.

Boasting a cast including the Hollywood superstar, asked again to star in a revenge-focused thriller as he does so well, he’s joined by Irish Oscar nominees Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin) and Ciarán Hinds (Belfast), as well as Irish onscreen veteran Colm Meaney, who has appeared in everything from Die Hard 2 and Con Air to Layer Cake, Get Him to the Greek and The Damned United.

The cast also features actress Sarah Greene, who’s appeared in Sharon Horgan’s TV show Bad Sisters and Normal People, and Jack Gleeson.

In the Land of Saints and Sinners is set in Ireland in 1974, and follows Finbar Murphy (Neeson, who is also set to front the Naked Gun reboot), who leads a quiet life in the remote coastal town of Glencolmcille, far from the political violence that grips the rest of the country.

However, he started his major comeback at the end of last year with the initial release of In the Land of Saints and Sinners, alongside his appearances in Netflix hit show Sex Education and as Thomas Wentworth in the BBC’s new adaptation of The Famous Five, Enid Blyton’s classic children’s books.

Chatting to media last year at the IFTAs, star Meaney responded to In the Land of Saints and Sinners being dubbed ‘an Irish Avengers’.

‘Very good script. It’s got Liam [Neeson], it’s got Kerry Condon – my favourite woman in the world – Ciarán Hinds…, he told Irish publication JOE, with a smile.

‘It’s a great cast and a great script, so yeah, fingers crossed. High hopes for it.’

In the Land of Saints and Sinners is streaming now on Netflix.

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