Retribution trailer out: Liam Neeson film confirms Sky Cinema and NOW release; cast and plot details

Retribution, the new film with Hollywood veteran Liam Neeson in the lead, just released its trailer. The film has an interesting plot, where Neeson plays a businessman named Matt Turner, who receives a call while driving his kids to school that there's a bomb underneath his seat.

Matt has to carry out certain tasks given by the caller or the bomb will be detonated. The question is, whether the man will give in to the threat or not.

"There's one thing you didn't think about – what a man will do when he's got nothing to lose," he says. Will Matt put his children at stake?

Retribution release date

The US release date of Retribution is set for August 25, 2023, in theatres. The film has been confirmed to premiere on Sky Cinema and NOW later in autumn.

Retribution synopsis

The film’s synopsis reads as:
"Matt Turner is a successful Berlin-based American businessman juggling a booming financial career with family responsibility. Driving his kids to school one morning, Matt receives a phone call from a mysterious voice: there's a bomb under his seat that will detonate unless he completes a specific series of tasks, and fast. Trapped in their car in a high-speed chase across the city, Matt must follow the stranger's increasingly dangerous instructions in a race against time to protect his family and solve the mystery that plays out over the course of one day."

Cast of Retribution

The film stars Liam Neeson, Noma Dumezweni, Matthew Modine, Lilly Aspell, Jack Champion, and Embeth Davidtz.

Directed by Nimród Antal and written by Christopher Salmanpour, Retribution is based on the 2015 Spanish film El Desconocido.

Watch the Retribution trailer here:

FAQs

Q1:Where is Liam Neeson now?
Hollywood veteran actor Liam Neeson is still working at the age of 71 in lead roles. His new movie Retribution will be released in August 2023.

Q2:How many Oscars has Liam Neeson won?
Actor Liam Neeson has never won an Oscar Award but has received a Best Actor nomination from the Academy for his role as Oskar Schindler in Steven Spielberg's renowned film Schindler's List (1993)