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Despite the valiant efforts of a game and talented cast, Criminal has little to offer beyond the bare minimum expected by the most undemanding of genre enthusiasts.
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It's lazy, corrupt and sleazy filmmaking, the kind of film that's killing the business. May 18, 2016 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
It's lazy, corrupt and sleazy filmmaking, the kind of film that's killing the business.
Paul Byrnes
Costner, in full badass mode, makes this crackpot premise work. Apr 28, 2016 | Full Review…
Costner, in full badass mode, makes this crackpot premise work.
Andrea Gronvall
The movie is a little more fun than it has any right to be, thanks to its super-serious cast (including Tommy Lee Jones, Ryan Reynolds, Gary Oldman, and Gal Gadot) and the straight-faced approach to its ridiculous shenanigans. Apr 25, 2016 | Full Review…
The movie is a little more fun than it has any right to be, thanks to its super-serious cast (including Tommy Lee Jones, Ryan Reynolds, Gary Oldman, and Gal Gadot) and the straight-faced approach to its ridiculous shenanigans.
Bruce Diones
All the ingredients are there for a pleasant pander to grumpy old white men: the craggy actors, the foreign bad guys wielding confusing technology, the kindness of beautiful young women, and the nobility of sacrifice. Apr 21, 2016 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…
All the ingredients are there for a pleasant pander to grumpy old white men: the craggy actors, the foreign bad guys wielding confusing technology, the kindness of beautiful young women, and the nobility of sacrifice.
Matthew Lickona
Criminal is an action-thriller with a science fiction twist. To the extent that its purpose is to energize and involve an audience, it succeeds. Apr 17, 2016 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Criminal is an action-thriller with a science fiction twist. To the extent that its purpose is to energize and involve an audience, it succeeds.
James Berardinelli
It's wanton, low-down entertainment without the flair to pull this stuff off, or the neural stem cells to make wit or logic much of a priority. Apr 15, 2016 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
It's wanton, low-down entertainment without the flair to pull this stuff off, or the neural stem cells to make wit or logic much of a priority.
Tim Robey
A unique take on a CIA spy thriller with a Frankenstonian spin, Criminal is a hard-hitting, tech-savvy, high octane adrenaline rush with underlying social and moral implications ripe for discussion. Nov 5, 2019 | Full Review…
A unique take on a CIA spy thriller with a Frankenstonian spin, Criminal is a hard-hitting, tech-savvy, high octane adrenaline rush with underlying social and moral implications ripe for discussion.
Debbie Lynn Elias
Criminal wants to give the impression of being a more thoughtful film than it actually is. Feb 20, 2019 | Rating: 1.5/5 | Full Review…
Criminal wants to give the impression of being a more thoughtful film than it actually is.
Allen Adams
For the most part it's a pretty by the number thriller, riddled with cliches, that slightly sets itself apart because of its sheer insanity. Jan 15, 2019 | Rating: C- | Full Review…
For the most part it's a pretty by the number thriller, riddled with cliches, that slightly sets itself apart because of its sheer insanity.
Micheal Compton
Kevin Costner is an engaging and complex character that shows different depths throughout the film. Nov 14, 2018 | Full Review…
Kevin Costner is an engaging and complex character that shows different depths throughout the film.
Sharronda Williams
Criminal is a harmless, if disposable piece of pre-summer entertainment, and as is so often the case, even when the material doesn't measure up, Kevin Costner is just eminently watchable. Nov 2, 2018 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…
Criminal is a harmless, if disposable piece of pre-summer entertainment, and as is so often the case, even when the material doesn't measure up, Kevin Costner is just eminently watchable.
Zaki Hasan
They all yell at the sky while shaking their fists, utter overly dramatic lines with such conviction, and seem fully aware of the absurdity of the film. Aug 29, 2018 | Full Review…
They all yell at the sky while shaking their fists, utter overly dramatic lines with such conviction, and seem fully aware of the absurdity of the film.
Deirdre Crimmins
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