Guns Akimbo

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Guns Akimbo

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2020

1h 35m

Action

Comedy

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Miles is a video game developer who inadvertently becomes the next participant in a real-life death match that streams online. While Miles soon excels at running away from everything, that won't help him outlast Nix, a killer at the top of her game.

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Critics Consensus

Frenetic to a fault, Guns Akimbo may leave some viewers reaching for the killswitch -- but for others, its videogame-style violence will have plenty of replay value.

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Chris Stuckmann

ChrisStuckmann.com

Daniel Radcliffe is very good in this movie, but the film starts to lose steam once you realize that it doesn't really have much else to offer beyond these high-energy action sequences.

Rated: B-

Jun 17, 2020

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Barry Hertz

Globe and Mail

Howden's film gives itself a good three minutes to play the amateur satirist before it abandons any pretense of cultural commentary and instead embraces every cliché it repeatedly insists it is undermining.

Rated: 1/4

Apr 30, 2020

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Tim Cogshell

FilmWeek (LAist)

I don't get what's going on here. Are we trolling these internet guys are not? Are we saying this is okay or not? Because he wins when he does what they do.

Feb 29, 2020

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David Griffiths

Subculture Entertainment

If you like your action flicks a little left of centre and bordering on the gruesome then Guns Akimbo is the film for you. The fresh creative nature of the film shows why Jason Lei Howden is a director who can potentially breathe creativity into the genre

Rated: 4/5

Mar 10, 2025

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Manuel São Bento

MSB Reviews

Jason Lei Howden doesn’t hold back on the brutal, violent, bloody, extremely over-the-top action, and as long as the viewer is able to accept this purposefully unrealistic depiction of a real-life videogame death match, it’s a blast of pure entertainment.

Rated: B

Jul 24, 2023

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Kat Hughes

THN

Borrowing heavily from the many others, Guns Akimbo is a super-charged, hyper frenetic joy ride back to the days of violent action science-fiction

Rated: 3/5

Jul 23, 2021

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Juan G

It was exactly what I expected with a splash of cliche predictability and your ensemble of good and bad guys realizing they ultimately lose

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/20/20

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Audience Member

Harry Potter in a violent comedy? You betcha! Yet another graphic-novel-turned-movie, this film feels like Harley Quinn meets The Running Man. The story of a nerd-turned-gladiator features lots of shaky close-ups and is violent, hectic, and just hilarious. So much blood and so much laughter at the same time...who knew that's even possible?

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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Sam S

Atrocious. Ill never forgive Daniel Radcliffe.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/03/20

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Ron J

Guns Akimbo is a super-charged, hyper frenetic joy ride back to the days of violent action science-fiction

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/30/25

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Justin W

Gamified piece of mess with heavy seasoning of social media and comedy salt for your attention like always.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

09/27/25

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Chris C

It would be different if the action scene and violence were gone well or exciting. They arent. Its not the worst thing you'll ever watch but theres nothing good about it. Slow. Bland. Not impressive. Plenty of better options if you want to turn your brain off and not engage with realism. Wouldnt recommend. You could do worse than this but its so much easier to do better than this.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

09/27/25

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Miles is a video game developer who inadvertently becomes the next participant in a real-life death match that streams online. While Miles soon excels at running away from everything, that won't help him outlast Nix, a killer at the top of her game.

Director: Jason Lei Howden
Producer: Tom Hern, Felipe Marino, Joe Neurauter
Screenwriter: Jason Lei Howden
Distributor: Saban Films
Production Co: Maze Pictures, Occupant Entertainment, Ingenious Media, Altitude Film Entertainment
Rating: R (Drug Use|Brief Graphic Nudity|Pervasive Language|Sexual References|Strong Bloody Violence)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 28, 2020, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 28, 2020
Runtime: 1h 35m

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