This upcoming Liam Neeson film is pretty much a movie version of a ‘Simpsons’ episode

In his upcoming movie Cold Pursuit, Liam Neeson plays a Snowplow driver on a violent quest for revenge. Sound familiar?

That may be because the plot of Cold Pursuit is kind of similar to the plot of the “Mr. Plow,” episode on Season 4 of The Simpsons. 

In “Mr. Plow,” Homer opens a Snowplow business named Mr. Plow when a blizzard hits Springfield, only to be run out of business by the local barfly Barney Grumble and his slightly bigger Snowplow, The Plow King. 

Journalist David Itzkoff posted a thread of tweets pointing out some pretty glaring similarities between Cold Pursuit and “Mr. Plow.” Read more…

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