9 Actors Who Made Better Versions Of Previous Films

4. Liam Neeson - Non-Stop & The Commuter

Released in 2014, Non-Stop is the second of Liam Neeson's Hitchcockian collaborations with director Jaume Collet-Serra, starring Neeson as a down-on-his-luck Federal Air Marshal who must locate the terrorist plotting to kill a passenger aboard his plane every 20 minutes if he isn't paid $150 million.

It's a functional, serviceable thriller that's rife with red herrings, amusing villain reveals and a grizzled Neeson doing his thing. Earlier this year, Neeson and Collet-Serra re-teamed for the suspiciously similar thriller The Commuter.

Mockingly billed as "Non-Stop on a train", the film again casts Neeson as a sad sack family man who finds himself embroiled in a murder plot, this time attempting to stop the assassination of a key murder witness on-board the train. Again, there are false flags all over the place, a secret villain emerging from the shadows, and Neeson improbably leaping away from a giant explosion at the end.

There are obvious differences in the twisty narratives of each, and though The Commuter was criticised for playing a little too similar to Non-Stop, it's actually a bit of an improvement thanks to its more consistent tone and some unexpected social commentary.