‘In the Land of Saints and Sinners’: A Powerful Irish Tale

Like Brad Pitt’s line in ‘The Devil’s Own’: ‘It’s not an American story—it’s an Irish one,’ ‘Saints and Sinners’ features an all-Irish cast doing IRA things.

Finbar Murphy (Liam Neeson) preparing to dispatch a victim, in "In the Land of Saints and Sinners." Prodigal Films Limited

R | 1h 46m | Crime, Thriller | April 16, 2024 (streaming)

Based on the movie poster, “In the Land of Saints and Sinners” would appear to be yet another twilight-career Liam Neeson actioner. Mr. Neeson has been getting criticized for a while now for segueing from fabulous material like “Schindler’s List” into formulaic action movies.