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Criminal

R Released Apr 15, 2016 1h 53m Action Mystery & Thriller Sci-Fi TRAILER for List
30% Tomatometer 138 Reviews 47% Popcornmeter 10,000+ Ratings
CIA agent Bill Pope (Ryan Reynolds) dies while traveling to a secret location to meet a hacker who can launch missiles at will. Desperate to find his whereabouts, officials turn to an experimental neurosurgeon who can transfer memories from one brain to another. The guinea pig for the procedure is Jerico Stewart (Kevin Costner), a violent and dangerous death-row inmate. Now gifted with Pope's skills and knowledge, Stewart must race against time to stop a sinister international conspiracy.
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Despite the valiant efforts of a game and talented cast, Criminal has little to offer beyond the bare minimum expected by the most undemanding of genre enthusiasts.

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Sara Michelle Fetters MovieFreak.com As a movie, there's plenty here to respect. As entertainment, however, this is tough one to enjoy, all of which makes Criminal a vexing spectacle that's hard to watch all the way through to its end. Rated: 2/4 Aug 11, 2016 Full Review Paul Byrnes Sydney Morning Herald It's lazy, corrupt and sleazy filmmaking, the kind of film that's killing the business. Rated: 2/5 May 18, 2016 Full Review John Nugent Empire Magazine We can but pray that scientists invent a procedure to remove the memory of ever watching this film in the first place. Rated: 1/5 May 11, 2016 Full Review Colin Biggs Vague Visages Regretfully, Criminal makes up for its lack of ideas with blood, guts and even more blood. Dec 1, 2023 Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review A dull, yet star-studded production that feels like a 1990s action movie throwback - complete with over-the-top villains, ruthless violence, and an absurd premise. Rated: 1.5/4 Apr 15, 2022 Full Review Leo Brady AMovieGuy.com The only thing that is Criminal about this movie, is that they have gotten away with making it. Rated: 1/4 Feb 1, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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Jennifer N Im not sure why this did not get better ratings but this film is one of my favorites! I love Kevin Costner's character in this film and the ending is great. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/14/24 Full Review Dani G What a bad actor Kevin Costner is, really. And in this one, he spreads it with most of the cast. A would-be entertaining movie, marred by its leading character in most part Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 06/07/24 Full Review Philipp N This is in not an A-title, but I don't get all the bad reviews. Really liked this one. One of Costners better performances from the 2010s era. Of course, the whole premise of the story is ludicrous, but that aside, it got great character development, decent action and a superb soundtrack. After watching it, I even bought in on BluRay. I can recommend it. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/29/24 Full Review Narciso R This movie was awesome, I like the movie, the actors. I really enjoy this movie it's twists and turns. Reminds me of the ark of the covenant movie, if anyone of the good or bad guys had been even slightly smart, they would have checked his office first and found the guy they were looking for. NRJ. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/27/24 Full Review Judy Great movie enjoyed it lots of action well worth watching Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/13/24 Full Review Igor S Didn't really like this one. Probably the first or one of the first Kevin Costner movies i disliked. It had a nice concept but they didn't know what to do with it. Seems like the movie didn't know what it wanted to be either. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 04/07/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis CIA agent Bill Pope (Ryan Reynolds) dies while traveling to a secret location to meet a hacker who can launch missiles at will. Desperate to find his whereabouts, officials turn to an experimental neurosurgeon who can transfer memories from one brain to another. The guinea pig for the procedure is Jerico Stewart (Kevin Costner), a violent and dangerous death-row inmate. Now gifted with Pope's skills and knowledge, Stewart must race against time to stop a sinister international conspiracy.
Director
Ariel Vromen
Producer
J.C. Spink, Jake Weiner, Matthew O'Toole, Mark Gill, Christa Campbell, Denis Chobanov
Screenwriter
Douglas Cook, David Weisberg
Distributor
Lionsgate Films
Production Co
Benderspink, Campbell Grobman Films, Summit Entertainment
Rating
R (Strong Violence|Language Throughout)
Genre
Action, Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 15, 2016, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 12, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$14.7M
Runtime
1h 53m
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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