
Overview
Genre :
DramaRelease Date :
December 09, 2011 (Limited)MPAA Rating :
RDirector :
Mark PellingtonStarring :
Thomas Jane, Jeremy Piven, Rob Lowe, Sasha Grey, Arielle Kebbel, Christian McKay, Carla Gugino, Zander Eckhouse, Abhi Sinha
REVIEWS RATE:
Critics
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“..what plot exists, and even as the film reaches a ridiculous, seemingly endless finale..”
by Robert Koehler [Variety]
“..turning much of the two-hour movie into one long, moodily lit montage..”
by Noel Murray [AV Club]

“..the storyline itself isn't exactly bad..”
by Christopher Null [Filmcritic.com]

“..the story spirals into a kind of moral silliness, the competition between the men raised to absolute but ill-defined terms..”
by Michelle Orange [Movieline]

“..signifying nothing..”
by Kathleen Murphy [MSN Movies]
Review rate : C+
“..off the hook and just plain bonkers, it makes its mark..”
“..off the hook and just plain bonkers, it makes its mark..”
by Kyle Smith [New York Post]
“..it's more assault on viewers than coherent film, and as reviewable as an ape's scribble..”
by Erica Abeel [Film Journal International]

“..it's an exhausting picture to watch..”
by Brian Orndorf [BrianOrndorf.com]
“..insincere and superficially nihilistic..”
by Aaron Hillis [Village Voice]
“..every artistic choice is both ostentatious and ill-considered..”
by Elizabeth Weitzman [New York Daily News]
“..despite a tight budget, production values are excellent, capped by a dazzling soundtrack that almost never lets up..”
by Todd McCarthy [Hollywood Reporter]
“..by the end, you feel nothing, not even contempt..”
by Stephen Holden [New York Times]
“..assuredly marks itself as one of 2011's most ludicrous releases..”
by Robert Abele [Los Angeles Times]

“..actually stronger as a suspense builder, but his material, from a pretentious original script by Glen Porter, has long ago betrayed any sense of sobriety..”
by Joshua Rothkopf [Time Out New York]
“..a disastrous catalog of flaws, all accentuated by dilated, out-of-focus cinematography..”
by Rex Reed [New York Observer]





