Watch: Liam Neeson stars in LG's first Super Bowl ad – and it’s awful

Liam Neeson‘s role in LG‘s first Super Bowl ad is rather on the nose and the result is“¦ not great

We always get excited at this time of the year because of the slew of interesting, whacky and wonderful adverts some of the largest companies in the world put out during the Super Bowl in the US ““ the most expensive ad slots in the world.
Often these companies put huge budgets into creating these adverts and often tell a story or send a kind or heart-warming message. Liam Neeson‘s roll in LG‘s first Super Bowl ad is rather on the nose and the result is“¦ not great.
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You would imagine that with the likes of Liam Neeson and Ridley Scott directing it would be a slam dunk, but the advert for the new LG Signature OLED UHD TV‘s misses the mark. What you have is a Tron knockoff, with Neeson uttering clichés of how “the future belongs to us.” LG‘s first Super Bowl ad might also be their last.
Check out the ad below and let us know in the poll what you think about it.


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