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Criminal (2016)

April. 15,2016
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6.3
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R
| Action Crime Science Fiction
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CIA Agent Bill Pope is on a mission to track down a shadowy hacker named 'The Dutchman'. When he gets mysteriously killed, an experimental procedure transfers his memories into a dangerous ex-convict. When he wakes up Pope's memories, his mission is to eliminate The Dutchman before the hacker launches ICBMs and starts World War III.

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Scanialara
2016/04/15

You won't be disappointed!

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Noutions
2016/04/16

Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

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Claysaba
2016/04/17

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

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Odelecol
2016/04/18

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

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rodhackenflasch
2016/04/19

Oldman Jones, and especially Costner were great. However, the obnoxiously loud, annoying, "suspense" oriented music almost ruined it. Thirty percent of the dialog was drowned out with the garbage, which further added to the poor enunciation of the supporting actors, especially the females. The result was plot confusion and jumbled continuity.

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alanpgini
2016/04/20

An excellent action suspense movie, with a little sci fi thrown in. Costner really convinces in this role. Oldman and Tommy Lee Jones are also credible. Memory action films seem to have their own genre now. But this one uses real science, though somewhat of a leap, to give it credibility. It also asks the question and tries to answer, who we really are. Is it the Fromtal lobe of the brain and theta waves that determine good and evil? Are we the sum of our memories and experiences? Or is it all of the above? It does all this while still giving us a good action suspense plot. This review is probably the largest margin between the average reviewer and myself on this site. I don't get how they can trash this. I highly recommend it.

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FilmBuff1994
2016/04/21

Criminal is a good movie with a well developed plot and a stellar cast. It's a really interesting story that is almost immediately grabbing as you will find yourself curious as to what will happen next. The all star cast is phenomenal, particularly Kevin Costner in one of his best roles in years. He delivers a very believable, dedicated performance that had me from start to finish. It can be quite cheesy at times, which would be the biggest reason as to why it falls flat. There is a lot of one on one dialogue, particularly between Costner and Gal Gadot, that is clear that the writers went over it once and just left it as it was, never looking back over and trying to make it more real, less cringe inducing. It is also very slow moving. Running at about twenty minutes longer than is necessary, what starts off as a very intriguing plot goes on to become tedious, as it lingers on a lot of plot points and gives more development than we as an audience really wanted. It's entertaining, but in no way groundbreaking. A great cast and thrilling moments, Criminal is riddled with flaws, but it is worth the watch if you are looking for a good crime drama, just do not go out of your way to see it. A murdered operative's memory is implanted in to a criminal in hopes that he will complete his mission. Best Performance: Gary Oldman

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Fallen Eye
2016/04/22

I'm not sure who Ariel Vromen is, nor am I familiar with his work, but honestly, I have to imagine that this man, or somebody heavily involved in this film, was owed one hell of a favor from someone up top in Summit, Lionsgate or Hollywood, because this director had a star studded cast that he did little, to nothing with... a cast that had no reason to say yes to being a part of this movie - especially Ryan - but they did anyway.Gal Gadot, may not be the best actor out there, but, she is A-List and well worth a watch, but, lets say she isn't enough to guarantee commercial success and a fierce Mystery Action Thriller. You then have Gary Oldman (who's role I feel is probably the most idiotic he has ever taken) and Tommy Lee Jones. And lets just say that wealth of experience is also not enough... Kevin Costner steps in too! All of that, including Ryan Reynolds, who's talents had no business being in this movie - which probably explains why he is uncredited - also joined the party, and on composition, Brian Tyler. Somebody pulled some strings, and Criminal had it all... then did nothing with it.This movie is boring. Just put simply. The story, so promising, but even worse, so squandered. Badly edited, badly directed, and all around badly executed. Tommy was incredibly underused, Gary's character was an idiot. Ryan is too big for his role. For Gadot, this was a pay check, and Kevin Costner, with a much better director, would've been right for his role.I was ready to give Criminal 4/10, but something happened in the film that warranted a bump to 5/10... What that was, I can't remember. It must be Billy's memories and personality that affected my brain through the movie. And Ryan, don't think we've forgotten that right before this film, you starred in Self/Less! However, I still have nothing but love for you.Criminal had the potential to be a wicked, gangster hit. Sadly, what they did with it, was just, Criminal.

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