- TV
- 04:00 AM, Mar 29
smartly measured, both robust and delicate, giving full whallop to the personal dimensionsby Duane Byrge [Hollywood Reporter ]
seems to be just what you expectby Geoff Pevere [Toronto Star ]
Samuel L. Jackson is wonderful; too bad the movie is notby Pam Grady [Reel.com ]
one-sided Hollywood claptrap about honesty and valorby Wesley Morris [Boston Globe ]
never really explores the exploitation that is at its heartby Jason McBride [Globe and Mail ]
Michael Bortman and Allison Burnett?s screenplay is textbook-perfectby John Thomason [Orlando Weekly ]
Like a boxer whose jabs range from precise to punch-drunk, the movie connects on some of those swings and misses on othersby Barbara Vancheri [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ]
leaves a lot to be desired as a boxing movieby Duane Dudek [Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel ]
it's more intelligent than most Hollywood movies you'll find in the heat of summerReview rate : B- by William Arnold [Seattle Post Intelligencer ]
captures the hard-boiled tone of a big-city newsroom almost perfectlyby Stephen Holden [NY Times ]
a tedious melodrama whose sole saving grace is the performance of Samuel L. Jacksonby Jack Mathews [NY Daily News ]
a snooze, but at least it's an honest oneby Paul Schrodt [Slant Magazine ]
A good little scrapper, but not a title contenderby Carrie Rickey [Philadelphia Inquirer ]