Film Review: THE FIX (2026): A Lengthy Thriller That Intrigues Before It Outwears Its Welcome

The Fix Review

The Fix (2026) Film Review, a movie directed by Guy Moshe, written by Mark Bacci, Guy Moshe and Ron Hutchinson and starring Zachary Levi, Liam Neeson, Quincy Isaiah, Wes Chatham, Jake Choi, Augusto Aguilera, Grant Harvey, Lara Wolf, Annet Mahendru, Titus Welliver, Elnaaz Norouzi, Sandro Kakhetelidze, Oliver Trevena, Numan Acar, Ash Godeh, K.J. Baker and Alon Aboutboul.

The Fix, directed by Guy Moshe, works under the philosophy that people are insane. How else would one explain the decision-making process by the film’s lead character, Tucker (Zachary Levi), a man who would like to split $20-something million several ways with some seemingly honorable men? This movie makes its heroes a bit unlikable at times, though, by placing these characters in annoying situations that are highly improbable except in plots of movies like this one.

Tucker plants a woman in a hotel for a few minutes as he and she check in and quickly leave the premises. Why is he doing this? He and his crew think they are able to accomplish things that are insanely dangerous. This film is full of characters who make bad decisions for the sheer purpose of driving the plot of the often banal and overlong new movie, The Fix.

Tossed into the film is Liam Neeson in a part so beneath him, it’s surprising he actually accepted the role. Here’s an action hero for our time who is reduced to playing Larry, a man who Tucker may or may not be able to trust as the film progresses. Neeson is left to hold the bag here in just a few scenes within this film, and he’s not always up to par, unfortunately. Neeson ends up reciting some tired dialogue here, such as late in the proceedings when his character tells Tucker that if he wanted to shoot Larry (as in with a gun), he would have done so already.

Centered around the end of the war in Afghanistan and some CIA operatives working a job in Tehran, The Fix offers a problematic main storyline and several other disjointed plot twists that steer the movie a bit in the wrong direction and almost completely off-track in its second half. It mostly revolves around that quest for a large sum of money that will prove that some things in life are more important than money, including family and, of course, as the move would have it, life, itself.

Levi is a good actor and gets one of the most complex roles of his career thus far in the new picture. Tucker is a good dad, who just gets mixed up in a very delicate matter. This film shows his bond with his colleagues, which is a bond that ultimately leads to decisions that threaten their safety and their sanity as well. Quincy Isaiah’s Clay, in particular, has all the markings of a character who could meet an unfortunate fate, but this movie would best be experienced to see where it goes right, and more often, where it goes wrong.

Neeson gets precious little screen time in the early stages, but he reappears at the end to help settle a score as the plot throws in many twists willy-nilly, including one where Levi is stuck in a cave, about to turn over some photo negatives to a certain man who may or may not want him dead when push comes to shove.

There’s no denying The Fix is ambitious to a fault. It takes brave risks that often falter despite being smart enough to have worked in a plot that the scriptwriters were more invested in. This film has smart female characters such as Tucker’s ex-wife, who appears at key intervals throughout the movie, but isn’t developed quite enough to leave a lasting impression.

Of course, as the plot thickens money isn’t going to help solve the characters in The Fix‘s problems if they can’t get out of the situations that they place themselves in alive. Taking the kind of risks these characters take requires a lot of imagination. Some of the one-note characters include Jake Choi’s half-baked Charlie, who is adequately played by Choi but lacks real depth.

The Fix shoots and scores in that it gets Levi the best, most nuanced role that he’s ever played. Levi immerses himself in the action and plays off Neeson in their brief scenes together extraordinarily well. Neeson more or less holds his own with his character keeping a couple of wild cards up his sleeve as the plot progresses.

There are good political themes explored here in The Fix that are important to be displayed in a mainstream movie, but because of the disappointing script, those themes end up being bitten off more than they can be adequately chewed. That being said, Elnaaz Norouzi and Navid Negahban are solid in complex roles that come across as more substantial than they were on the page thanks to these performers’ fine and sophisticated work.

In the end, The Fix isn’t a bad movie, but it could have used a good, hard edit. Running a bit over two and a quarter hours in length, the movie ultimately feels like it’s making its plot up as it’s going along, which is never a noble way for a would-be important film like this to unravel.

Don’t go to see The Fix if you’re looking for a typical Liam Neeson action film as he has a smaller role than was expected in this one. If you like Zachary Levi, you may end up appreciating his accomplished work in the mediocre effort that this film turns out to be by the time it reaches its explosive climax.

Rating: 6/10

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