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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco ChronicleGripping and ultimately poignant thriller.
- 63TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghThis is pure big-budget formula filmmaking.
- Izuru Narushima’s film is a personal and political melodrama with perfunctory gunplay and explosions.
- 50VarietyVarietyWhile key blockbuster elements (ticking bombs, intrepid reporters, lightweight politics) are all present, the film's brisk pacing can't hide the fuzzy logic of the tenuously structured, convoluted script.
- 50Village VoiceVillage VoiceConvoluted action saga.
- 25New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoThere are many new Japanese movies that deserve a stateside release. Why this hapless mess beat them out is a question that deserves an answer.
- A stupor-inducing, would-be thriller from Japan whose sporadic action and inept storytelling is as generic as its title.