I have completely control over the past in the script, what I do, how I edit, they let me do very much well-reward and I like that.

I'm Sean Fennesee, Editor-in-Chief of the Ringer, and this is the big picture.

As Hollywood experiences radical shifts and the box office becomes more and more unpredictable, certain kinds of movies have started to disappear.

But one type, the high-concept mid-budget thriller has a loyal protector, director Jean-Marcoulette Sarah.

Coulette Sarah has made several films in recent years that are stylish and smart but don't skimp on the action.

2011's Unknown, 2014's non-stop and 2015's Run All Night have one common denominator other than its director, and that's an ass-kicking Liam Neeson.

The director and Neeson have teamed up for a fourth time in the commuter, a movie that, like non-stop, takes place mostly on a moving vehicle, this time a train.

Neeson's character, Ms. Alva Mystery, find a person on that train with precious information, or else.

Coulette Sarah's movies are inventive and unusually fun, so I was really excited to talk with him about why he continues to reunite with Neeson, the difficulties of shooting a movie in a confined space, and why he keeps coming back to genre movies.

So without further ado, here's Jean-Marcoulette Sarah.

Very pleased to be joined by Jean-Marcoulette Sarah. Jean-Marcoulette, thank you for joining me today.

Thank you, no problem.

So Jean-Marcoulette, this is your fourth film with Liam Neeson, and it's your second with him that is largely confined to a moving vehicle.

After non-stop, what was appealing to you about the commuter and about a re-approaching movie like this?

You know, we enjoyed the experience in non-stop.

We kind of found ourselves with a type of movie that doesn't have made too often anymore.

The audience responded well by going to see it.

That helps.

Yeah, for a while we were looking to do a sequel of some sort, but we couldn't quite figure it out.

We could figure out some sort of a sequel, but it kind of went into different directions that we felt, you know, that maybe the.

It's really appreciate it when this came along.

We managed to create a similar class of a feeling and a mixture of action and mystery that then turns into more of a negative.

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