The Commuter

"Lives are on the line"

2018 1h 44m EN

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6.4

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★6.4TMDB · 4,778

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Synopsis

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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.

“Lives are on the line”

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Cast

Liam Neeson
Michael MacCauley
Patrick Wilson
Alex Murphy
Sam Neill
Captain Hawthorne
Jonathan Banks
Walt
Vera Farmiga
Joanna
Elizabeth McGovern
Karen MacCauley
Killian Scott
Dylan
Shazad Latif
Vince

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
Writers: Graeme Callander, Philip de Blasi, Byron Willinger
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America, France, Spain

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MONEY

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Made its money back 4.0× over at the box office.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 8 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 3 countries: United States of America, France, Spain.

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4 / 8

CAST

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347+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, shot by Paul Cameron. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Roque Baños. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Nicolas De Toth shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Liam Neeson and Patrick Wilson and Sam Neill carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Jaume Collet-Serra directs. Paul Cameron behind the camera. Roque Baños scores. Nicolas De Toth cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America, France, Spain. Dialogue in English.

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1Made its money back 4.0× over at the box office.
2Released 8 years ago.
3International production across 3 countries: United States of America, France, Spain.
4347+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
5Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, shot by Paul Cameron. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Roque Baños. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Nicolas De Toth shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Liam Neeson and Patrick Wilson and Sam Neill carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Lives are on the line".
10IMDB entry: tt1590193 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Released under 10 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Paul Cameron
Original score: Roque Baños
Editing: Nicolas De Toth
Production design: Richard Bridgland
Costume design: Jill Taylor
Makeup / hair: Sue Wyburgh
VFX supervisor: Adam Rowland
Sound: Chris Burdon
Stunt coordinator: Mark Vanselow
Runtime: 104 min · 1h 44m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $30,000,000
Box office: $119,942,387
Return: 400% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: The Commuter (2018)

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cydeltutoy2018-02-01
★ 3/10
It's as dull as my usual ride in a usual train going home.
Gimly2018-06-04
★ 5/10
Neeson throwing himself about the train-setting is engaging enough to hold your attention for about an hour. Unfortunately, The Commuter is an hour and fortyfive minutes long. Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole.
CinemaSerf2026-06-20
★ 6/10
This might have worked had "MacCauley" (Liam Neeson) just been an ordinary insurance salesman caught up in some antics on a train. Instead, though, he's a highly trained ex-cop and so any sense of jeopardy there might have been has already fallen down the gap between the coaches. Anyway, rather curiously and on the day when he has been laid off from his job of a decade, he is tasked by fellow passenger "Joanna" (Vera Farmiga) with finding one particular commuter. She disguises her request in some psycho-babble about there being only a limited number of human personality traits, and so by using some clues he ought to be able to deduce who the object person is. Is this really a) a friendly project to test his somewhat rusty detective skills to prove her scientific point or b) a more sinister plot to get him to do some dirty work for her and expose someone she cannot find by herself? Well that's hardly a million rouble question and although the train, as usual, serves well as a claustrophbic conduit for the ensuing escapades, the story is muddled and frankly quite uninteresting. Neeson has all the charisma of yesterday's milk, Farmiga should just have stuck to chasing poltergeists and frankly the less said about fellow ghostbuster Patrick Wilson's lacklustre efforts the better. If you are just looking for brain-fodder to watch whilst you're doing the ironing or batch cooking then this ought to keep you company, but please don't expect anything original or especially challenging.