Criminal

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Criminal

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Released Apr 15, 2016

1h 53m

Action

Mystery & Thriller

Sci-Fi

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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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Critics Consensus

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

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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

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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

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Colin Biggs

Vague Visages

Regretfully, Criminal makes up for its lack of ideas with blood, guts and even more blood.

Dec 1, 2023

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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

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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

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todd w

Outstanding suspense action and plot. Not exactly sophisticated or remotely realistic, nonetheless it delivers precisely the value and content you want out of a movie like this.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/07/25

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Kerry O

A list actors on a made for VHS movie. 0/10

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/02/25

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Aaron B

Not as bad as the critics make out. This is a decent action movie (with an absurdly generic title... should have been Jericho or something, anything else). It could have been elevated to a great action movie with, say, Mickey Rourke in the main role instead of Costner... and maybe Javier Bardem instead of the mediocre baddie. Oh, well. But apart from a couple of eye rollers in the script and a little too much effort put into keeping the pace up, it was interesting and easy to watch.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

11/26/24

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Lina M

I thnk the biggest problem here is that reynolds should have been jerico and costner the agent who died Costner just isnt believable as some evil human being. But overall its a good film for a night.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/31/24

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Craig B

Criminal is considerably better than what the critics and most audience reviews would have you believe. I usually avoid movies with an audience rating less than 50%, but this was close to that and reading some of the positive reviews, suggested the critique was overly harsh. Overall, a pretty decent action / thriller with SciFi overtones. Solid cast including Kevin Costner (who was nowhere near as bad as some of the e reviews indicated), Gary Oldman, Tommy Lee Jones and Gal Gadot. Well worth your time if you like spy thrillers with a twist.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/19/24

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Troy G

Great movie with an allstar cast. 30% ... ??? .WTAF. different role for Costner , but he nailed it. A very believable character. A little slow in parts , but these days , I'd prefer that to scenes of killing and carnage... 8/10 tomoatos

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/18/24

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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: Summit Entertainment, Campbell Grobman Films, Benderspink
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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