A Walk Among the Tombstones is a 2014 American neo-noir action thriller film[5][6][7][8] directed and written by Scott Frank, and based on the 1992 novel of the same name by Lawrence Block.

In 1991, alcoholic NYPD Detective Matt Scudder survives a shootout with three criminals who kill the bartender at the bar where he's drinking.

Peter Kristo, a fellow Alcoholics Anonymous member, brings Scudder to his brother Kenny, a wealthy drug trafficker.

Kenny explains that his wife Carrie was abducted, and though he delivered the ransom, the kidnappers dismembered her, leaving him a tape recording of her brutal rape and murder.

Agreeing to find the killers, Scudder visits the New York Public Library to research similar murders and meets TJ, a homeless teen with a knack for detective work.

Scudder investigates the death of another woman, Leila Andresen, whose dismembered body was found in Green-Wood Cemetery.

Scudder learns that another victim, Marie Gotteskind, was an undercover DEA agent murdered by the same killers, and realizes they are using her files to target drug dealers, kidnapping and killing their loved ones.

Kenny asks Scudder to help fellow trafficker Yuri Landau, whose daughter Lucia has been taken by the killers, Ray and Albert.

Meeting at the cemetery, Scudder delivers the money and Lucia is reunited with her father, but Albert discovers much of the cash is counterfeit.

In the ensuing shootout, Peter is killed while Albert and a wounded Ray escape in their van, unaware TJ is hiding in the back.

"[11] In June 2011 it was announced that Cross Creek Pictures would finance the film with D. J. Caruso in talks to direct.

[15][16] In May 2012 Liam Neeson was announced as Scudder, with Frank himself directing, and production slated to begin February 2013.

[18] Block supported the casting of Neeson, saying he had thought of the actor as an ideal choice for Scudder ever since seeing Michael Collins.

[24] Gilroy suggested cutting out the character of Jo Durkin, a cop from Scudder's past played by Ruth Wilson.

[11] The MPAA classified the film as rated R for "strong violence, disturbing images, language, and brief nudity".

The site's critical consensus reads, "A Walk Among the Tombstones doesn't entirely transcend its genre clichés, but it does offer Liam Neeson one of his more compelling roles in recent memory, and that's often enough.

[33] Manohla Dargis in The New York Times called it "one of those rare cinematic offerings: intelligent pulp" but also noted that the film "can be tough to watch, particularly its fleeting images of tortured women".