| 60 |
TNT RoughCut
Kay doesn't seem to know the meaning of moderation.
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| 50 |
Entertainment Weekly
The only fun is in watching Stallone square off against Alan Cumming and Mickey Rourke.
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| 50 |
Portland Oregonian
If the film doesn't touch the original, it doesn't hit rock bottom, either.
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| 50 |
Philadelphia Inquirer
A thuddingly dull remake of the 1971 crime drama starring Michael Caine.
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| 50 |
Los Angeles Times
It is not a terrible movie, and Stallone has appeared in far worse. It's just that, although diverting, it's too routine for its own good.
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| 42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The movie around Stallone is fairly dreadful, so overly stylized and poorly written that it's always a struggle to stay oriented.
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| 41 |
Mr. Showbiz
McKenna's script is a frayed string and a contextual nightmare, peppered with puzzling references to the first film in a lame attempt at homage.
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| 40 |
TV Guide
Shot in shades of steely gray and streaked with near-constant rain, this gloomy revenge thriller is a sadistic cartoon.
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| 40 |
Austin Chronicle
The film itself is a muddle, all rapid-fire step-edits and grainy, blue-filtered hokum. What is good is Stallone.
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| 38 |
Boston Globe
A sodden-looking film.
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| 30 |
Salon.com
Stallone returns in a gangster remake that wears itself (and the audience) out trying to be cutting-edge stylish.
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| 30 |
Chicago Reader
It's almost always night and almost always raining.
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| 25 |
San Francisco Chronicle
This noir mystery is murkier than it needs to be, through no fault of Stallone's.
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| 25 |
New York Post
Should you get Carter? Sure - but make it the Michael Caine classic Warner Bros. is releasing on video next week.
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| 20 |
Film.com
Sly, slick and slow.
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| 20 |
Washington Post
If there's one piece of wisdom to be culled from this botched project, it's this: No one gets Carter.
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| 20 |
Variety
A useless remake of Mike Hodges' 1971 British gangland cult classic.
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| 20 |
LA Weekly
If you've never seen the original, you may have no idea what's going on.
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| 12 |
New York Daily News
The result is a throwaway story hidden beneath a messy jumble of weird camera angles, worthless editing tricks and an ill-placed, obnoxious score.
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| 10 |
The New York Times
So minimally plotted that not only does it lack subtext or context, but it also may be the world's first movie without even a text.
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