Unfriended: Dark Web
Universal Pictures | Release Date: July 20, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 26 Critic Reviews
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11
Mixed:
10
Negative:
5
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The TelegraphTim RobeyAug 9, 2018
It’s impressive how many layered twists Dark Web inflicts after its simple start, suggesting the tendrils of a conspiracy proliferating so quickly and steathily there’s no undoing them. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleDavid LewisJul 20, 2018
At the end of the day, it's all just a nihilistic trifle, yet before the final sign-off, we can't help but think twice about what else is lurking on the internet. Read full review
50
New York Magazine (Vulture)Emily YoshidaJul 20, 2018
In Dark Web, the threat is wholly of this world, which makes the sequel feel as though it comes from another universe entirely. It is scary, but it isn’t much fun. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreJul 19, 2018
It’s a wonder the horror masters at Blumhouse didn’t send him back for one last rewrite over this ending. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangJul 19, 2018
An initially clever exercise winds up feeling like the wrong kind of hackwork. Read full review
60
The GuardianBenjamin LeeJul 19, 2018
Even if some of the late-stage plotting seems sloppy and increasingly preposterous, there’s a callousness to the brutal last act that, together with the far patchier, yet similarly hard-edged First Purge, feels like a definite product of the time we’re in, as war on terror-era torture porn did in the mid-2000s. Read full review
50
Village VoiceApril WolfeJul 18, 2018
For all its inventive and impressive technique, the film lacks fun; a lot of folks, myself included, need very little reminding that the Internet is a threat and that terrible men are actively out there abducting and terrorizing girls and women for lulz. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeJul 18, 2018
The protagonists here aren't as insufferable as those in the first Unfriended, but Susco's plot gets harder to buy by the minute; as a first-time director, he doesn't get much out of his cast; and boy, does this Screenlife gimmick grow thin quickly. Read full review
60
VarietyAmy NicholsonMar 15, 2018
"Dark Web” skates by on saturated nastiness, one terrific kill, and the audience’s engagement in seeing if the filmmakers can pull off the stunt. Barely, but it’s fun to watch them try. Read full review
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The VergeKaitlyn TiffanyMar 15, 2018
Unfriended: Dark Web has enough snark, shock, and disregard for anyone’s emotional comfort to briefly confuse viewers into thinking it’s pulled off something worthwhile. But when it’s done, it’s easy to walk outside feeling like you’ve spent 90 minutes doing nothing at all. Read full review
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