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58 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 11 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 11
  3. Negative: 3 out of 11
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  1. Film.com
    Reviewed by: Peter Brunette
    90
    A rich and challenging variation on the serial-killer genre.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    83
    Peculiarly bloodless.
  3. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: J. Hoberman
    80
    Inoffensively glib and innocuously arty.
  4. Time
    Reviewed by: Richard Corliss
    80
    From its first shot, of a mangled car high up in the branches of a tree, this cool, handsome thriller proceeds with an elliptical elegance.
  5. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    75
    The picture is a little too pretentious to achieve its artistic and emotional goals, but its ambition and imagination are impressive at times.
  6. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: A.O. Scott
    60
    Mr. Law doesn't disgrace himself here, though he doesn't have much to do, and the director, Po Chih Leong, is deft at creating atmosphere, but it's an atmosphere we've all seen before.
  7. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    50
    With all the brooding, stylized closeups of blood, crosses and cigarettes, the overall effect is fashion-mag chic -- not, as intended, intellectual thriller.
  8. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    50
    Nearly strangles in its own stylishness but benefits from smoldering performances.
  9. Mr. Showbiz
    Reviewed by: Michael Atkinson
    39
    An orgy of bad decisions and cheap ideas.
  10. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    38
    A real crock.
  11. Variety
    Reviewed by: Derek Elley
    30
    Starts intriguingly but ends up thrashing around as a toothless wonder.
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8.8 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 5 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 0 out of 2
  1. Mira
    8
    Overall very good, with stunning preformances from the leads, and begins like an unique, smart thriller, but ends like your average slasher flick.
  2. ILINA
    10
    Great movie!
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