The Collector
Freestyle Releasing | Release Date: July 31, 2009 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
29
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
4
Negative:
6
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30
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
The Collector feels like the final, welcome nail in the bizarrely popular torture-porn coffin. Read full review
30
Chicago ReaderStaff (Not credited)
As the seconds tick down to midnight, Arkin becomes a reluctant hero trapped by a masked Collector in a maze of lethal invention--the Spanish Inquisition as imagined by Rube Goldberg--while trying to rescue the very family he came to rob. Read full review
25
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
The result is a sub-"Saw" knockoff that manages to be brutal yet monotonous, not to mention monstrously unpleasant. Read full review
20
The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
In the absence of a sturdy, plausible foundation on which to hook all those grisly bits, the film, originally a Dimension release, tends to play out more like a protracted "Saw" outtake reel. Read full review
20
The New York TimesJeannette Catsoulis
Offers agony in a vacuum, a villain without a motive and a hero with more personal problems than lines of dialogue. Read full review
12
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
Another helping of egregious slicing and slashing. Read full review
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