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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50The New York TimesAndy WebsterThe New York TimesAndy WebsterThis isn’t activism; it’s by-the-numbers suspense.
- 40VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyAlan White’s polished but pedestrian pic mines little real suspense and few surprises from a formulaic script.
- 40The DissolveScott TobiasThe DissolveScott TobiasBy trying to have it both ways—goosing up black-market trafficking for cheap thrills, while posing as being sincere about a real global scourge—the film winds up stuck in the middle.
- 30The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckAnd to be fair, Cusack doesn’t phone it in. He gives the part his all, displaying his usual expert deadpan comic timing while delivering the weak quips in Carmine Gaeta and Luke Davies’ screenplay. But it’s disheartening nonetheless to see him working so hard to enliven such inferior material.
- 30Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenLos Angeles TimesSheri LindenCarmine Gaeta and Luke Davies' screenplay is constructed from plot mechanics, and the emotional stakes grow less convincing with every twist of the screw.
- 20New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanThere are no twists or even surprises, except the final realization that director Alan White is taking his culturally clueless, ineptly shot B-movie totally seriously. Judging from the uniformly underwhelming performances, he’s the only one.
- 12Slant MagazineDrew HuntSlant MagazineDrew HuntReclaim's highly mechanized plot ensures that the film is over before it even ends.