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Overview


Genre :

Action, Drama

Release Date :

November 24, 2010

MPAA Rating :

R

Director :

George Tillman Jr.

Starring :

The Rock, Billy Bob Thornton, Jennifer Carpenter, Maggie Grace, Carla Gugino, Moon Bloodgood, Tom Berenger, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Mike Epps, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Readers  5 of 5 [Rate It]

2 of 4

“..thoughtless genre cliches and empty moralism..”
by Ed Gonzalez [Slant Magazine]
“..the limitations of the revenge plot become exponentially worse in a gauche, tasteless..”
by Mick LaSalle [San Fransisco Chronicle]
3 of 5

“..stripped-down affair, from title to characters to plot..”
by Bill Goodykoontz [Arizona Republic]
“..stripped for action without a moment wasted on unnecessary dialogue, exposition or nuances..”
by Kirk Honeycutt [Hollywood Reporter]
3 of 4

“..sort of stuff commonly dismissed as "comic book"..”
by Stephen Whitty [Newark Star-Ledger]
2 of 4

“..revenge flicks go..”
by Bruce Demara [Toronto Star]
1 of 4

“..preposterous tale, live up to its title..”
by Lou Lumenick [New York Post]
“..plot turns are dropped like bricks..”
by Stephen Holden [New York Times]
2 of 4

“..most of it is pretty predictable, familiar stuff..”
by Claudia Puig [USA Today]
2.5 of 4

“..meat-and-potatoes action with a side of crazy..”
by Ty Burr [Boston Globe]
2 of 4

“..lots of sun-bleached terrain and very little dialogue..”
by Stephen Cole [Globe and Mail]
3.5 of 5

“..it doesn't rely on the cliches that riddle the typical action movie..”
by Bill Gibron [Filmcritic.com]
2 of 5

“..grade action movies..”
by Steve Ramos [Box Office Magazine]
3 of 5

“..bring the material to life without relying on style over substance..”
by Gary Dowell [Dallas Morning News]
Review rate : D
Reviewed by Adam Markovitz [Entertainment Weekly]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Tom Horgen [Minneapolis Star Tribune]

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