| 83 |
Entertainment Weekly Dalton Ross
While BSG's return features thought-provoking plotlines, it stumbles a bit with an all-too-formulaic climax. Still this Razor is sharp enough. |
| 80 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Melanie McFarland
For Galactica fans, it probably goes without saying that Razor is not to be missed, even if watching will make April seem a lifetime away. |
| 80 |
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen
Razor will leave fans eager for more. |
| 80 |
San Jose Mercury News Charlie McCollum
An excellent two-hour movie entitled Razor that manages to add to the series’ mythos while standing rather nicely on its own. |
| 80 |
Variety Brian Lowry
As for that new mission, as intricately woven by writer Michael Taylor and director Felix Alcala, it's rooted in an old threat, one that allows for a separate flashback presenting the young Adama (Nico Cortez) over 40 years ago, when the Cylons and humans first went at it. |
| 80 |
Los Angeles Times Mary McNamara
Razor distills the themes of the series into one powerful relationship, setting the tone for the final season this spring. It connects more than a few dots, explaining how the Cain we saw in previous episodes came to be so brutal, as well as the circumstances around her death. |
| 80 |
TV Guide Matt Roush
Razor is as thrilling as it is sobering and disturbing, a potent combination that leaves us eagerly awaiting Galactica's fourth and regrettably final season next year. |
| 80 |
Salon Heather Havrilesky
Razor is neither the fascinating, heart-pounding "Battlestar" of our fondest memories nor the cheesy, "All Along the Watchtower"-lyrics-spewing "Battlestar" of our worst nightmares. But those hungry for a glimpse of Starbuck and Apollo will eat it up faster than a leftover-turkey-and-stuffing sandwich. |
| 75 |
New York Daily News David Hinckley
The film does pretty well at poking under the sci-fi flash to find a basic tale of conflict and survival where nobody feels very good about what they do, but everyone knows it must be done. |
| 70 |
Boston Globe Joanna Weiss
It functions mainly as a fortified snack, to tide over the viewing faithful until the show's fourth and final season begins. It's also an unapologetically insider affair. |
| 70 |
Chicago Tribune Maureen Ryan
The narrative thrust of the film does falter a bit toward the end of the film. There are some wonderful action set pieces in the second half of Razor, but by then there’s also familiarity to the trajectory of Shaw’s story. |
| 60 |
Newark Star-Ledger Alan Sepinwall
The problem is, we already know [what the men and women of Pegasus did to deserve their fates.], and so what's at times a gripping yarn and compelling morality tale eventually crumbles under the weight of the audience's knowledge. |
| 60 |
Newsday Diane Werts
Battlestar Galactica: Razor will, I'm sorry to say, be utterly incomprehensible to story novices. Or casual fans of Sci Fi's intense ethical drama. And maybe even die-hards. I'd like to consider myself one of the last group, yet I found the first half of this two-hour tide-over a confusing jumble of flashback time frames, locations, characters and, well, pretty much everything. |
