Criminal

No, guys. No. No. This is awesome. This is fucking INSANE and AWESOME. Here are the names of the main characters: Jericho Stewart! Quaker Wells! Bill Pope! At one point Costner's character is imprisoned in the backseat of a car and he has to escape and to accomplish this he eats part of the car door. He EATS PART OF THE CAR DOOR, guys. I want to watch this movie again RIGHT NOW.

Quick someone put Ariel Vromen's brain in me so I can write something retarded here.

I heard bad things, but I'm really surprised at what it actually came out to be. An all-star cast is wasted here with Costner, Jones, and Oldman all in roles they phoned in. The script is weak, with an interesting concept and Vromen's shaky-cam is tiresome direction-wise. Try to skip this one, it's really bad.

After a 2 months movie drought I hate myself for starting up with this. It felt rushed and the characters were stereotypic. Even Oldman was poor. *Bad

Terrible. Ho-hum writing from which a much better movie could have been made than this. It's like there was no director involved at all... just jiggly cameras and an undistinguished film editor.

A semi-interesting premise wasted by a bland film. Criminal has gunfights, car chases, and the threat of nuclear annihilation; unfortunately we've seen all of it before. Not only does the film not offer anything new, but has the audacity to waste Oldman, Jones, and even Costner on a script that struggles to find emotional depth and narrative competence. Worse still, the film begins with Reynolds in a thrilling situation, raising expectations of what's to follow, only to continually let you down.

With the premise and cast you'd think it'd be a throwback to 90's gimmick action movies. But the bad script logic, execution, and motivations make it as boring as possible. You don't get a good action sequence or fight scene. And the villain's backstory & plan make no sense. What's worse is that he's so detached and over the top you'd think he was Tommy Wiseau. A scene that mimics a home invasion & rape was completely unforgivable--taking me out of the film. Avoid at all costs.

Costner proves effective in the lead role once again and everyone falls in nicely behind him. Gal Gadot proves again why she deserves to keep getting roles in movies like this. The story moves at a quick enough pace that it never gets boringl. Jericho is not a character we would care about unless he continues to show signs of both growth and stagnation as the film progresses. Easily had elements of greater films in the same genre while missing a few key marks to add itself to said list.

Nicholas Cage turned down this movie. That, if nothing else, is a bad omen. Costner does his best Bale Batman voice with an awful haircut for 100 minutes while stuff happens.

It's not terrible but not at all good. Especially with such a powerhouse cast, you expect a little bit more. Whilst they are all fine, they all play roles that are slightly again type and perhaps for that reason, it just doesn't seem right. This of course, also probably has to do with the implausible plot, but it is a movie after all. Whilst it had potential, I don't think overall it was constructed very well.

I loved the concept of this movie. They were able to pull together a great cast also. But, the whole thing just seemed phoned-in. Kevin Costner's character was really interested and that character and parts of his performance pulled me through this one. Gary Oldman looks like he is asleep whenever he is on screen. Tommy Lee Jones doesn't seem to fit and once again the director couldn't pull anything from him for this performance. I'm not the biggest Gal Gadot fan but she is as expected.

Echoes of a marginally (I said *marginally*) more credible version of FACE/OFF – it’s perhaps a missed opportunity that it’s only used to give Costner a rare opportunity to play a nasty, irredeemable bastard (an opportunity he appears to gleefully relish), but he’s a lot of fun and boosts the movie to a worthwhile watch, not that he’s helped much by Oldman revisiting his manic 90s phase, supported by gloomy gus Jones (based on this and BOURNE, Jones must have been in a real funk circa 2016).

A big old talent bomb, as cast of A list actors takes a possibly B level premise and makes a less than below-average action film. Destined to a cycle through cable networks as programming filler before fading away into obscurity.

Despite all the flaws--bad script, bad logic, action that isn't so inspired, some wonky acting--I was still entertained. Mildly. That's about all I have to say. Oh wait, it's too long... this movie doesn't have enough content to warrant the length.

Not the most logical / likely premise but I enjoyed this massively. Costner's character was like an aged Jason Bourne who has the moral sensibilities of career criminal Parker (see Payback (1999) staring Mel Gibson).

2017/05/19

Very good idea but nothing is believable or makes sense

Quite entertaining piece of film-work here, as there are many good action scenes. The car chase scenes are tight and entertaining being filmed on UK streets. The rather stacked cast do a fine job, especially Costner and Oldman. Wish they would have gone a bit more into the memory transfer aspect, but that's their choice.

Like undercooked pasta, this movie doesn't particularly know what it wants to be. Outside of a few scenes it's probably a complete waste of the talent that's in it, except for Gary Oldman, who is a convincingly-complete asshole. This is capable of keeping your interest via the ticking clock and emotional undertones, but it doesn't take that next step into being anything noteworthy. The Sci-Fi is under-explored, the action leaves much to be desired, and the storyline is half-baked. Safe to skip.

gereksiz

applicability -> zero, but a good watch, comes under the category of good intense movies.

Pretty neat action film, kind of reminiscent of Face Off. Great production value.

Just bad

Granted, this flick won't actually bust out of the local multiplex, shoot up the parking lot and rob a liquor store. But it will certainly steal your money and precious time, giving you, in return, buckets of blood and a bevy of profanity. You might say the story is sloppy, in more ways than one. And it surprises me a bit that Criminal roped in so many A-listers (Gary Oldman, Tommy Lee Jones), hot commodities (Deadpool's Ryan Reynolds and Batman v Superman's Gal Gadot) and, well, even Kevin Cost

A film that Scott Adkins can't kick or punch, now that's criminal. And there is also an irritating sweet side to it, in which we see the psycho prisoner (Costner) finally experiencing FEELINGS towards Reynolds' wife and daughter while the world is about to end by some stupid, shitty missile conspiracy. Come on.

So pleasant as a sandwich of nails.

After 3 Days To Kill i thought i would never see Costner in another bad movie. Boy was i wrong. I dont mind the premise. It could work and become fantastic action movie, even a fuck%&n franchise. But what a letdown it was. Everything is off here. Acting (Oldman with his lines eas clearly taking a piss), action (but really where it is? some lame shootouts and thats it) and mostly it is boring. Bourne with Renner was compared to this a masterpiece.

Passes the time.

Costner'in farklı bir çizgide oyunculuğu için izlenebilir. Scott Adkins'in tek bir tekme atmadığı film olması açısından da izlenebilr :) İzle ve unut.

not that bad!

Crappy script, but made wildly exciting by how serious the all-star cast took this absurdity!

Okay, it's cliche, it's predictable, it's over the top. But I liked it.

Disappointing when you look at the cast. Action is so so with a very weak story

Costner playing a badass who kicks ass unabashedly. Nice ! My opinion here : http://opinion-as-a-moviefreak.blogspot.be/2017/02/criminal-2016.html