Metascore
33 out of 100

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 30 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 30
  2. Negative: 15 out of 30
  1. 63
    Is the film worth seeing? Well, yes and no. Yes, because it is exactly what it is, and no, for the same reason.
  2. 50
    One of Mindhunters' strengths is that it's difficult to guess who the culprit is because Harlin and his screenwriters don't play fair with the audience.
  3. 30
    Harlin's brisk pacing leaves little time for reflection, but the whole house of blood-spattered cards dissolves upon even cursory reflection.
  4. Mindhunters is as effective as a movie can be and yet still be 100 percent forgettable.
  5. Eye-blowing and mind-numbing.
  6. A stale and stupid thriller.
  7. 25
    It's hard to have sympathy for a movie that tosses in the old shower sneak-up sequence or allows its characters to speak as obviously as possible while standing in a pool of red liquid.
  8. It did give me plenty of jolts and surprises.
  9. Turns out to be a thudding dud, crammed with clunky dialogue, bad acting and gruesome but unpersuasive gore. Mindhunters will pass muster with only the most undemanding horror fans.
  10. In 1939, when "Ten Little Indians" was published, Agatha Christie mysteries were the crème de la pop literature. Her fans depended on logic in her stories, and they got it. Mindhunters would have insulted their intelligence, and it should insult yours.
  11. In its design, at least, Mindhunters"surpasses all other Christie knockoffs.
  12. Another unthrilling Renny Harlin thriller.
  13. 70
    Trashy and indefensible in most respects, Mindhunters may be a good-bad movie, but entertainment is entertainment, however it comes.
  14. Reviewed by: Mike Clark
    38
    A contrived, unpleasant and very drawn-out affair.
  15. So stupid it makes "xXx: State of the Union" look like it was written by Nietzsche.
  16. The psychobabble silliness passed off as investigative insight here is laughable at best.
  17. Corny? Oh, yeah. But it's also reasonably good fun.
  18. Reviewed by: Robert Koehler
    40
    Ridiculous would-be thriller.
  19. Director Renny Harlin's take on Agatha Christie's versatile "Ten Little Indians" is total B-movie swagger in all its unsubtle glory.
  20. It's been fascinating to watch the "intellectual" subgenre of the serial-killer movie -- the one where poetic evil geniuses elude the cops while leaving trails of art-directed crime scenes -- run out of ideas and start feeding on itself.
  21. The score sucks and the acting is weak, but there are times when certain moviegoers just feel the need to stare far-fetched, blood-drenched death in the eye and laugh. It's here, so have at it.
  22. While Mindhunters aspires to be a psychological thriller, it's really just mindless entertainment.
  23. Mark my words: Mindhunters will do for psycho-thrillers what "Showgirls" did for stripper movies.
  24. What does satisfy is the pleasantly becalming presence of "Deep" costar LL Cool J. He's fast becoming Liv Ullmann to Harlin's Bergman.
  25. A quintessential Renny Harlin film: a big, dumb, loud action movie.
  26. 50
    Here's a film that exhibits all kinds of joy in uncoiling a story with no ending, or an ending that's so arbitrary you get the feeling that the filmmakers just threw names in a hat to see who their killer would be.
  27. Reviewed by: Nicole Perri
    38
    Who knows what might have been if everyone involved had a little more fun with the project instead of just going through the motions?
  28. Reviewed by: Robert Abele
    40
    A tiring exercise in time-biding sadism (versus wit or suspense), inflated with shock editing, noisy effects and an angry score, like a thriller with road rage.
  29. Reviewed by: David Ng
    10
    In an era of wall-to-wall "CSI," Mindhunters' ghoulish forensic hubbub not only feels tiring but hopelessly redundant.
User Score

Generally favorable reviews- based on 39 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 12
  2. Negative: 4 out of 12
  1. 10
    My favorite movie. It's got a great mystery storyline, mixed in with some comedy and good acting. Suspenseful. Funny. Awesome! I recommend this movie to everyone who enjoys good, fun movies, rather than "artsy" (boring/stupid) films Full Review »
  2. MikeH.
    10
    Literally my favourite movie ever. i saw mindhunters on tv and then went and bought it on dvd as well and watched it another couple times. i loved every bit of it every single time i watched it. it was violent, scary,funny, and even smart, everything you could want in a movie. film critics are a bunch of idiots. Full Review »
  3. PichatuC.
    10
    I think this film is just great.. it's full of surprises. It keeps you in the suspense. This movie will keep you guessing who is the murderer but then it will prove you wrong. so guess again and again... until you are sure who did it. I really like this film Full Review »