Cold Pursuit

Cold Pursuit
U.S. theatrical release poster
Directed byHans Petter Moland
Written byFrank Baldwin
Based onIn Order of Disappearance
by Kim Fupz Aakeson
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyPhilip Øgaard
Edited byNicolaj Monberg
Music byGeorge Fenton
Production
companies
Distributed bySummit Entertainment
Lionsgate[2] (United States)
Elevation Pictures[3]
Entract Films[3] (Canada)
SF Studios[2] (Scandinavia)
StudioCanal (International)[2]
Release date
  • February 8, 2019 (2019-02-08) (United States)
Running time
118 minutes[4]
CountriesNorway[5][1]
United States[1][5]
United Kingdom[5]
Canada[5]
France[5][1]
China[5]
Germany[5]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$60 million[6]
Box office$76.3 million[2]

Cold Pursuit is a 2019 action thriller film[7][8][9] directed by Hans Petter Moland from a screenplay by Frank Baldwin. An international co-production, the film stars Liam Neeson, Tom Bateman, Tom Jackson, Emmy Rossum, Domenick Lombardozzi, Julia Jones, John Doman, and Laura Dern. It is a remake of the 2014 Norwegian film In Order of Disappearance (Kraftidioten), also directed by Moland, and follows a vengeful snowplow driver (Neeson) who starts killing the members of a drug cartel following the murder of his son.

The film was released in the United States on February 8, 2019, by Lionsgate and Summit Entertainment. It grossed $76 million worldwide and received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the action and humor.[10]

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  6. ^ McClintock, Pamela (February 10, 2019). "Weekend Box Office: 'Lego Movie 2' Wins With $35M in Hollow Victory". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on April 28, 2019. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
  7. ^ "Overlooked 4-Year-Old Action Thriller Starring Liam Neeson Becomes Netflix Hit". Screenrant. October 31, 2023. Retrieved October 31, 2023. Cold Pursuit, an action thriller from 2019 starring Liam Neeson, has found new life by becoming a hit on Netflix.
  8. ^ "Cold Pursuit". Lionsgate. Archived from the original on September 6, 2020. Retrieved April 26, 2020. Cold Pursuit, an action thriller infused with irreverent humor, stars Liam Neeson as Nels Coxman, a family man whose quiet life with his wife (Laura Dern) is upended following the mysterious death of their son.
  9. ^ "'Cold Pursuit' Ending Explained: Does Nels Get His Revenge?". Collider. November 5, 2023. Retrieved November 5, 2023. Neeson's performance in the 2019 action thriller Cold Pursuit ended up being an outlier in his action resume, thanks to its morbid sense of humor and more extreme ultra violence.
  10. ^ Nick Evans (January 31, 2019). "How Liam Neeson's Cold Pursuit Is Faring With Critics". CinemaBlend. Archived from the original on April 12, 2019. Retrieved February 1, 2019.