So, who thought it was a good idea to take what should have been 10-15 minutes of the film and stretch it to take up most of the running time. I get it, he has PTSD. But show us that in an interesting way, and in the middle of the movie, at least, not 10 minutes from the end.

Bale at his most glowery but it doesn't feel substantial enough. The Training Day comparisions loom large over it

The highlight of the film is Christian Bale, moreover, for this role, he was invited to Batman Begins. He really deserved it, because its performance is great. His character is very interesting, violent and insane, the film actually is not so good, but what is worth watching, is that character and performance of Bale.

This is a mess.

underrated! see this movie!

mostly deprresing

This movie is fucking decent but the same fucking things tend to get fucking repeated. They just fucking get stoned then go and beat some fucking guy up and start fucking fighting over some stupid fucking shit. It just tends to get pretty fucking repetetive, but Bale turns in a terrific fucking performance, but thats what Bale tends to fucking do. And they also fucking curse every fucking second word. It really fucking pissed me off. Fuck.

There is a fair bit to like about this film; the performances are solid and the characters interesting. But it's faults are all too clear. Bale is miscast and it's far too repeatative, David Ayer has too be one of the worst screenwriters in Hollywood, and it's far too long.

lol batman

Another one of those that just seems like a load of half-finished sub-plots thrown together (every time you think it's finally gonna sink it's teeth into a story strand it whips it away and starts again), Harsh Times will be forgotten very quickly. Bale is Bale: okay but miscast here; Rodriguez fits his role more fittingly but still suffers from the effects of the 'authentic' (= annoying) dialogue. What story is this film supposed to be telling? What is it trying to say? What is the point?

Well, I guess that explains the entire federal government.

+ not worth your time :: well-executed, but worse than a car wreck: I couldn't stop watching...and then I wanted to UN-WATCH it. people like these shouldn't exist in the real world.

While the story itself is not too special, Bale does an amazing performance.

Decent.

Average. First off, Christian Bale is absolutely great in this film. Unfortunately the director couldn't keep up. Couple that with a week script and you have a stinker even Mr Bale couldn't salvage. They were going for another Training Day gritty LA crime drama, instead they ended up with a confused muddled little flick that didn't know what it wanted to be when it grew up. Not Recommended.

decent

Entertaining to a moderate degree; too unsubtle and 'commonplace' to be of any particular interest.

Homey, that has to be the worst dialog I've ever seen in any flick like ever. Dude! I know! I like my homey Bale, but dude was woefully miscast in this pointless, awful film. Homey.