|
Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
B- |
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|
Source |
Brief
Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta
Journal-Constitution
Steve Murray |
"A
simplistic, super-bloody but very
well-made adventure."
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B- |
Boston
Globe
Ty Burr |
"...it
immerses you fully in its harsh,
luxuriant world."
more... |
B |
Chicago
Sun-Times
Laura Emerick |
"...a
non-stop thrill ride that occasionally
hits a philosophical speed bump here and
there."
more... |
B |
Chicago
Tribune
Michael Phillips |
"Gibson and
his co-writer, Farhad Safinia, pour on
the dread and the ultra-violence..."
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C |
E!
Online
Alex Markerson |
"...a
failure as anything more than an action
film."
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C |
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum |
"Never let
it be said that Gibson the
director...doesn't know how to pace and
build action like a pro."
more... |
B |
filmcritic.com
Sean O'Connell |
"Gibson has
a bright future making illegal snuff
films. That's not a compliment."
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D |
Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt |
"...never a
dull moment."
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B |
New York
Post
Lou Lumenick |
"...well-made but gratuitously
violent..."
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C |
New York
Times
A. O. Scott |
"...a
muscular and kinetic action movie, a
drama of rescue and revenge with very
little organic relation to its
historical setting."
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B |
Rolling
Stone
Peter Travers |
"...a
tremendously exciting chase movie..."
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A- |
San
Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"...it
seems like something made by a crazy
person."
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C |
Seattle
Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"...absorbing, disturbing, savagely
beautiful..."
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A- |
