| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
B- |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Bob Townsend |
"...Unleashed features a quite clever premise before detouring into a plot twist that should've been muzzled." more... |
C+ |
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris |
"...having him (Li) play such an unthinking, manipulated soul takes the fun out of what is otherwise a relatively enjoyable, well-concocted fight flick." more... |
C+ |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"The film is ingenious in its construction." more... |
B |
Chicago Tribune
Allison Benedikt |
"As for the fight scenes: ho hum." more... |
C |
| E! Online |
"The flick starts out fine, with some of Li's most brutal fight scenes ever." more... |
C+ |
Entertainment Weekly
Gregory Kirschling |
"...Unleashed needs only its first 30 seconds or so to elevate itself well above the average action potboiler." more... |
A- |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"Unfortunately, Unleashed's unevenness becomes its undoing." more... |
C+ |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"It's the sentimental story that screenwriter Luc Besson sandwiches in between fights that induces a gag reflex." more... |
B- |
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Hartlaub |
"...the kind of martial arts movie we would see if Tom Hanks could execute a flying spin kick." more... |
B |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker |
"The story is modest, the drama direct yet resonant, and the action forgoes pyrotechnics for the unique special effect of martial arts mastery in action." more... |
B |
USA Today
Mike Clark |
"Ultimately, the movie doesn't make it, but there's enough going on to make it more arf than barf." more... |
B- |
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