Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- darkly comic
- tense
- sardonic
- late night thriller viewing
- crime movie marathon
What critics said
Critics generally found the premise and lead performances promising but judged the character development and rushed resolution underdeveloped.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Adam's driving job unfolds across a continuous 24-hour journey with rapidly intensifying danger.
The film frames hitman work, mistakes, and pursuit through a distinctly darkly comic register.
Nineteen-year-old Adam enters the underworld as Roy's driver and learns to survive beside him.
The plot uses Adam's driving assignment as a route through murder, trafficking, and revenge.
Films like The Liability, and why
Wild Target
british crime comedy blending hitmen, mishaps, and irreverent violence
I Hired a Contract Killer
darkly comic hitman story centered on an aging professional and criminal complications
Layer Cake
fast-moving crime thriller with revenge, pursuit, and morally compromised characters
Movie Details
- Director
- Craig Viveiros
- Release Date
- 2012-11-24
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Rating
- 5.6 / 10 (224)
Cast
- Tim Roth
- Jack O'Connell
- Talulah Riley
- Kierston Wareing
- Peter Mullan
- Christopher Hatherall
- Tomi May
- Clive Shaw
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Philo, YouTube TV, Starz Amazon Channel, Starz, Starz Apple TV channel, Starz Roku Premium Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Liability about?
- A carefree teenager's driving job for a gangster spirals into a violent, darkly comic road journey alongside an aging hit man.
- What is The Liability like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Liability as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Liability violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in The Liability as graphic.
- What did critics think of The Liability?
- Critics generally found the premise and lead performances promising but judged the character development and rushed resolution underdeveloped.
- Which films are like The Liability?
- Films with a similar feel include Wild Target, I Hired a Contract Killer, and Layer Cake.
- How long is The Liability?
- The Liability runs 86 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Liability?
- In United States, The Liability streams on Philo, YouTube TV, Starz Amazon Channel, Starz, Starz Apple TV channel, Starz Roku Premium Channel.
