| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Bob Strauss |
"...the story doesn't hold up to the least bit of logical scrutiny." more... |
C |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"The ads and trailer hope we confuse it with Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, but this is more like the Young Readers version." more... |
C |
Chicago Tribune
Robert K. Elder |
"Bulletproof Monk may be the first movie based on a comic book to outshine its source material. Unfortunately, that's not saying much." more... |
C |
Cincinnati Enquirer
Margaret A. McGurk |
"...Chow Yun-Fat is perfectly fantastic, no matter what." more... |
B |
| E! Online |
"...this thing is full of holes." more... |
C |
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan |
"Good odd-couple chemistry and decent fight scenes can't save the formulaic film..." more... |
C- |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick |
"...relentlessly stupid..." more... |
D |
New York Times
A.O. Scott |
"The lighting is bad, the editing of the action sequences sometimes messy, but these infelicities, curiously enough, increase the fun rather than diminishing it." more... |
B |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"A guilty pleasure? Not really. But the film is tolerable if you're a fan of the genre and don't have anything better to do." more... |
C |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"It has a life and style that other buddy action movies lack..." more... |
B+ |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Paul West |
"Most surprising (and disappointing) is the film's lack of humor." more... |
D+ |
USA Today
Mike Clark |
"Action star Chow Yun-Fat's latest is as thin as the buzz cut he sports in Bulletproof Monk." more... |
C |
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