Oof: Liam Neeson’s new action movie is getting hammered on Rotten Tomatoes
Liam Neeson’s latest actioner has taken a thumping on Rotten Tomatoes, now parked among his worst‑reviewed — and the Tomatometer number will raise an eyebrow.
Right, brace yourself, because Liam Neeson is back in the thick of it—and no, I'm not talking about some surprise sequel to Taken. His latest action flick, The Fix, launched in UK cinemas on 11 September 2026, and let’s just say the reviews haven’t been especially charitable.
The Fix opened to a 19% Tomatometer score on Rotten Tomatoes, making it Neeson’s sixth worst-rated film on the site so far.
Action, Overkill, and Bad Reviews
Neeson teams up with Zachary Levi, both playing ex-CIA operatives who clearly haven’t got their fill of international chaos. The plot kicks off with a botched mission in Afghanistan—standard fare, really—then shoves the team straight into the middle of Tehran for a rescue job that quickly turns sideways. Here’s where it gets more convoluted: there’s apparently 25 million dollars stashed somewhere in the city, so the adventure shifts gears into a bit of a heist. The lot of them are trying to clean up old messes, but not without a hopeful payday if they survive.
The supporting cast features Quincy Isaiah, Wes Chatham, Jake Choi, Augusto Aguilera, Elnaaz Norouzi, and Navid Negahban, for anyone keeping track. Guy Moshe calls the shots behind the camera, and co-wrote the script with Mark Bacci and Ron Hutchinson. The film is rated R, just in case you were planning a family outing—maybe give it a miss for the under-12s.
Where Did It All Go So Wrong?
Here’s the blunt bit: The Fix isn’t exactly impressing film critics. The Hollywood Reporter took aim at its, well, overenthusiastic style, saying the whole thing ‘aspires to classic Hollywood action movie status but reduces its effectiveness through overkill of both the literal and figurative kind’. The New York Times was even less forgiving, describing it as an ‘unfortunately timed, trivializing movie’—no punches pulled there.
This isn’t exactly rare territory for Neeson lately. In case you missed them, his 2022 thriller Blacklight scored just 11% on Rotten Tomatoes, while Ice Road: Vengeance managed 16%. Still, let’s not forget the bloke’s starred in plenty that didn’t attract rotten tomatoes—there’s Schindler’s List (obviously), Widows, and Ordinary Love if you want a reminder.
So if you’re tracking career highs and lows for Neeson, The Fix just staked out another interesting low point. It’s in cinemas now—for those brave (or curious) enough to see what all the fuss is about.