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City with No Mercy
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38 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 7 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 7
  3. Negative: 2 out of 7
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  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Peter Hartlaub
    75
    Has a solid story, which keeps things interesting during the quiet moments when nobody is getting kicked in the head.
  2. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    63
    Donnie Yen is famous for combining martial arts traditions into his own unique fighting style and Collin Chou, who studied with Sammo Hung, is up to the task of holding his own.
  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Maggie Lee
    50
    The plot development of Flash Point is purely utilitarian, like a shuttle bus that transports stock characters from one action set to another.
  4. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Jeannette Catsoulis
    40
    Flash Point"attaches coldly professional visuals to a narrative so baffling that it's rarely clear who is pounding on whom or why.
  5. Variety
    Reviewed by: Robert Koehler
    40
    Plainly disappointing as a well-sustained kick-butt thriller, and politically toxic.
  6. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Ed Gonzalez
    30
    Flash Point treats its audience like dogs, making us suffer through routine, almost inscrutable plot points and inconsequential characterizations to get to these episodes, and as such reveals itself as nothing more than a dumb action picture with delusions of Johnnie To–dom.
  7. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Kyle Smith
    25
    Flash Point comes loaded with cliches and immediately starts blasting them in every direction.
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