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Overview

Genre :

Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi

Release Date :

August 22, 2008

MPAA Rating :

Director :

Paul W.S. Anderson

Starring :

Jason Statham, Tyrese Gibson, Natalie Martinez, Ian McShane, Joan Allen, Jacob Vargas, Robert LaSardo, Max Ryan, Jason Clarke

REVIEWS RATE: Critics Readers [Rate It]

“..This is The Fast and the Furious or Speed Racer on steroids..”

by James Berardinelli [Reelviews]

“..relentless and soulless..”

by David Hiltbrand [Philadelphia Inquirer]

“..junk..”

by Elizabeth Weitzman [NY Daily News]

Review rate : C+

“..It's the perfect end-of-summer film..”

by Keith Phipps [Onion AV Club]

Review rate : B-

“..grim, humorless, relentlessly violent demolition..”

by William Arnold [Seattle Post Intelligencer]

“..delivers the goods without all the preachy moralizing about violent entertainment and cultural ruin..”

by Ken Fox [TV Guide]

“..delectable bit of B-movie savagery..”

by Nathan Lee [NY Times]

“..crackling entertainment..”

by Rafer Guzman [Newsday]

“..bloody and violent..”

by Peter Hartlaub [San Francisco Chronicle]

“..as brutal as a punch in the face..”

by Stephen Cole [Globe and Mail]

Reviewed by Kyle Smith [New York Post]

Reviewed by Tom Russo [Boston Globe]

Reviewed by Mark Rahner [Seattle Times]

Reviewed by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine]

Reviewed by Sean O'Connell [Filmcritic.com]

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