YMMV / Run All Night

• Accidental Aesop: Drugs Are Bad; the whole reason the plot kicks off is because Danny goes behind Shawn's back to negotiate a drug deal which results in his death and the decimation of Shawn's crime ring. It also led to the breakdown of Jimmy and Eddie's relationship as brothers because Jimmy murdered their cousin because he was a drug addict working for Shawn who became a liability.
• Anti-Climax Boss: Jimmy takes out Shawn with very little effort. The two play a short game of cat and mouse within a train yard before Jimmy ends up putting a bullet in his back as he shamefully tries to flee from him.
• Complete Monster: Andrew Price is a feared, psychopathic assassin hired by Shawn Maguire to kill Jimmy Conlon and his son Michael. Andrew tracks them down to an apartment building where he stabs a cop to death in the neck, killing 5 more along the way in his pursuit for Conlon while callously disregarding potential civilian casualties. Near the climax of the film—despite Shawn having been killed—Andrew hunts the Conlons down to the forest, planning to kill Jimmy's son, with strong implications he will kill the whole family, right down to the children. He had already mortally wounded Jimmy, who manages to kill Andrew before succumbing to his wounds.
• Ending Fatigue: Shawn is killed right at the start of the final act, which makes the last twenty minutes and the showdown with Andrew Price feel unnecessary and longer than it should be. Then again, it's heavily implied that Price's actions against Jimmy were personal. He did say he'd kill Jimmy for free...
• Hilarious in Hindsight: Liam Neeson dressed as Santa. On The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Liam Neeson actually does audition for Santa.
• Magnificent Bastard: Jimmy Conlon is a former enforcer for mob boss Shawn Maguire, nicknamed "The Gravedigger" for his ability to leave his crimes cold cases, even killing a cousin who became a liability to Shawn. When his estranged son Michael witnesses a shooting by Shawn's son Danny, Jimmy kills Danny to protect Michael and goes on the run with his son, killing cops who attempt to frame Michael and evading teams of gunmen employed by Shawn. Realizing that Shawn would not rest until Michael is dead, Jimmy personally decimates Shawn's entire crime ring. When he is mortally wounded by psychopathic gunman Andrew Price, Jimmy kills Price to save Michael, leaving behind a list of every person he killed to give their families closure and earning his son's forgiveness.
• Tear Jerker:
  • The scene where Shawn informs his wife that their son Danny has been killed can hit parents pretty hard, especially those whom have gone through the process of receiving similar news...
  • Michael calling Jimmy "dad" one final time before the latter dies of blood loss.

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