| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C+ |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris |
"...nonsense, and yet the crooked, racialized world underneath the soulless mayhem is pretty fascinating." more... |
B- |
Chicago Sun-Times
Jim Emerson |
"...Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker doesn't seem to know what movie this should be..." more... |
C- |
Chicago Tribune
Matt Pais |
"Bring a bulletproof vest ... and a healthy dose of pessimism about law enforcement." more... |
B- |
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman |
"...like L.A. Confidential reduced to a board game." more... |
C+ |
filmcritic.com
Bill Gibron |
"...for the most part, it's a thrilling journey." more... |
B- |
Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt |
"Solid, action-packed movie about rogue L.A. cops." more... |
B |
New York Post
Kyle Smith |
"...I'm still not buying Keanu Reeves as a tough guy." more... |
B- |
New York Times
Manohla Dargis |
"...absurd if accidentally entertaining..." more... |
C+ |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"...saddled with an ending that is both improbable and borderline insulting." more... |
B- |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"...the plot that sets up Tom for a frame-up is, in critic parlance, a strain on credulity." more... |
C |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"...a tight, propulsive action thriller..." more... |
B+ |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"...a viscerally compelling but thematically confused mess of an action noir..." more... |
C+ |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"...wastes a moderately intriguing premise by filling it with laughably clichéd dialogue, one-dimensional characters and implausible turns of events." more... |
C- |
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