Next of Kin stands out, much like its central character—a thriller pairing hillbillies and gangsters that assembled a cast including Patrick Swayze, Liam Neeson, Adam Baldwin, Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, and Ben Stiller. Truman Gates (Swayze) is as hard to pin down as the Frozen Caveman Lawyer; raised in Appalachia, he moved to Chicago and now works as an undercover police officer with a violinist wife (Hunt), a spor…

Patrick Swayze appeared in an action revenge thriller alongside Road House and the year after, Ghost; these followed his earlier success with Dirty Dancing. It's clear that Swayze wasn’t concerned with limiting himself to a specific type of role. Next of Kin doesn’t offer any surprising revelations, but it is a dependable thriller with a strong ensemble cast including Liam Neeson, Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Adam Baldwi…

I'm not sure about the whole film, but I feel it’s safe to say that Liam Neeson shouldn’t take on roles requiring a rural dialect ever again.