A Walk Among the Tombstones is a kidnapping thriller starring Liam Neeson, who has played a similar role in the Taken film franchise.The actor was ultimately won over by director Scott Frank’s script, which is faithful to the hard-boiled nature of writer Lawrence Block’s original 1992 novel.Neeson plays Matthew Scudder, a private detective and recovering alcoholic who’s hired by a high-end drug dealer (Dan Stevens) to find the people responsible for abducting and murdering his wife.Scott Frank, the writer of Get Shorty, made his directorial debut with 2007’s The Lookout.Date: Sep 19, 2014;Rated: RWith: Mark Consuelos, Liam Neeson, Sebastian Roche, and Dan Stevens