Criminal

R

Released Apr 15, 2016

1h 53m

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Mystery & Thriller

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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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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

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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

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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

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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

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Judy

Great movie enjoyed it lots of action well worth watching

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/13/24

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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

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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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