Movie review: 'Cold Pursuit' is a deceptively skillful black comedy

Neeson does a fine turn in his understated role of grieving father. Plaudits are due to Bateman, too

For a second, I wondered if I had entered the wrong auditorium to watch the Liam Neeson-starrer, Cold Pursuit. I was expecting a violent tale of retribution. But the movie began with the signature Oscar Wilde witticism: “Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.”

The movie establishes its plot and themes swiftly. Nels Coxman (Neeson), a snowplough driver in the fictional Colorado town of Kehoe, ploughs a lonely furrow and is an asset for the community. He quietly steers his bulldozing vehicle as it shovels the snowy landscape to clear the roads, and is recognised as citizen