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22 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Dallas ObserverAndy KleinDallas ObserverAndy KleinFuqua has done an admirable job staging the action scenes, but the script is little more than a thin framework to justify those scenes.
- 60Chicago ReaderLisa AlspectorChicago ReaderLisa AlspectorDespite the practical nature of the costars' bond, I spent most of the lukewarm actioner wondering when the hell they were going to start kissing.
- 60EmpireAngie ErrigoEmpireAngie ErrigoIt's just like a spectacularly excessive and melodramatically daft Cantonese crime opus, but in English, with a thumpingly trendy soundtrack.
- 60TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghThis melodramatic action opera is a lurid love letter to the guns and poses aesthetic of Hong Kong action cinema.
- 50SlateDavid EdelsteinSlateDavid EdelsteinHong Kong action fans hoping for spontaneous combustion from the American debut of superstar Chow Yun-Fat might want to turn their weapons on the producers.
- 50Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumBetween cycles of gunfights and glowering, Yun-Fat displays some of the dignity and suave good looks that account for his star status (without much chance to show his wit).
- 40Austin ChronicleRussell SmithAustin ChronicleRussell SmithTo put it as kindly as possible, Fuqua is a well-intended tyro who wrongly assumes that his obvious love for action movies qualifies him to make them himself.
- 30The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThe A.V. ClubKeith PhippsChow has a future in a America if given better material with which to work; here, he's wasted in a movie that's forgotten 20 minutes after the credits roll.
- 0L.A. WeeklyManohla DargisL.A. WeeklyManohla DargisPure junk.