| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
B- |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"...offers up one of the more maddeningly, gratifyingly complex lead characters seen in movies lately." more... |
B |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"...fascinating in its portrait of the inner politics and structure of the terrorist group..." more... |
B |
Chicago Tribune
Matt Pais |
"We're loyal to Don Cheadle, but only some of this political thriller works." more... |
B- |
E! Online
Matt Stevens |
"...takes aim at too many targets but hits more often than misses." more... |
B+ |
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum |
"...a slippery entertainment that's all feints and few punches thrown at a fight card of indistinguishable terrorists..." more... |
C |
filmcritic.com
Bill Gibron |
"Can a thriller really be a thriller without thrills?" more... |
C- |
Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt |
"Solid international thriller focuses just enough on character to give the film moral heft." more... |
B |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick |
"A solid, intelligent international thriller ..." more... |
B |
New York Times
A. O. Scott |
"...somber, absorbing and only moderately preposterous..." more... |
B- |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"...an uncommonly intelligent espionage thriller..." more... |
B |
San Francisco Chronicle
Reyhan Harmanci |
"...delivers plot twists but few real surprises." more... |
C+ |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Wililam Arnold |
"...basically works." more... |
B |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"...can't seem to decide whether it wants to be an edge-of-the-seat action thriller or a more contemplative and intellectual drama about religion and terrorism." more... |
B- |
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