Raymond Chandler’s famous hard-boiled detective gets an update in Neil Jordan’s “Marlowe.” Stepping into the shoes that Humphrey Bogart and Elliot Gould made famous, Liam Neeson’s 100th feature film suggests, perhaps, the weary actor needn’t be so prolific.
An adaptation of John Banville’s “The Black Eyed Blonde,” the film “Marlowe” — like its perfunctory title suggests — is simply going through the motions, adopting its protagonist’s lethargic disposition.
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