At the end of the day, Memory (2022) is merely another of those 'well-meaning' and 'well-spoken' star playing at lawmaker outings that is professionally assembled on the surface but shoots only blanks. The pressing fact it could have been actually far worse and shillier without a crusty old trade veteran hand at the reins like Martin Campbell doesn't make it a good or even somewhat worthwhile film.

One reason this is NOT a good film is that 'William Neeson' is getting long in the tooth......although he strives for authenticity and even makes something of a landing in turn, he is never able to shake off the vibe of loony IRA sympathizer/terrorism fanatic that has plagued him throughout his career (notably here, too). His character of Alex as written is unable to bring about the sort of hardened tough guy impact that's going to shake up this Mexican community for the better and is only really set up to be a tired old martyr. 'Guy Pearce' is even more bleh......I'm convinced above all else he was brought on because Mexican authorities in league with certain evil actually believe in some kind of younger incarnation of somebody like Jonathan Voight, what horseshit. Those are dumb manchildren then, their loss. Don't even get me started on the callow Bellucci frog, who's real motive in it is to have themselves mutilated/fatally gored as well.......

In shortened terms: Mexico, that is Mexico under the thumb of profuse orcy sinners who ultimately answer only to the deranged state of California rather than run-down ol' senile Mexico itself, turns out to fling nothing but injustice and no real results from an authority standpoint? Last century's news. As such, this isn't really worth watching as anything but a stale bread reminder of how certain areas' leadership on this western continent have zero clue how to clean up matters, to evolve. Bolivia/Toronto/etc. all over again ad nauseum. Meh!

5/10

**Memory isn't terrible, but it's a little too slow for an action thriller and isn't edgy enough for a crime thriller. Sadly, Memory is forgettable.**

I'm a big Liam Neeson fan. He trained Batman and Obi-Wan, led the A-Team and the Men in Black, and had the most intimidating and awesome phone call in cinematic history. Non-Stop, The Commuter, and The Grey were all solid films, too, but let's face it… he isn't getting any younger, so his action movies are slowing in pace. Memory was smart enough to incorporate that into the script while still having Neeson kick some butt. This movie is an improvement over some of his recent stuff like the Marksman (and, from what I hear, Blacklight), but I sure do miss the days of Taken or Kingdom of Heaven. My hopes were higher with Martin Campbell directing, but I spent most of the movie looking at my phone. It's not terrible, but it needed to be a little darker and more menacing to hold my attention. In the end, you won't care to remember much about Memory. Neeson is still the man, though!

_Memory_ juggles so many subplots to unsatisfactory results. It’s as if the story throws a ball in the air for every concept in the film (Alzheimer’s, human trafficking, the FBI vs the police, rich people getting whatever they want, etc) only to allow each ball to smack against the ground without trying to catch them after their initial toss. For a film about a guy who kills people with the authorities chasing him for nearly two hours, _Memory_ is a monotonous bore. Not even Liam Neeson lighting himself on fire to cauterize a bullet wound can save what is otherwise a forgetful and fatigued memoir of a hoary hit man.

**Full review:** https://hubpages.com/entertainment/Memory-2022-Review-A-Forgetful-and-Fatigued-Memoir-of-a-Hoary-Hit-Man