Just calling this formulaic doesn't cover it. The script should be credited to the computer software template that originated it.
He also had a film at Sundance, Five Minutes of Heaven, which got some good mentions despite a godawful-early showing on inauguration day (he hadn't seen the complete movie before that showing). It's about Irelands' Troubles.
But the TDS website suggests that Neeson will talk about an in-the-works movie about Lincoln, based on the book by Doris Kearns Goodwin and to be filmed by Spielberg. I guess we'll see.
He's still a hack.