Guns Akimbo
critic Reviews
, 52% Rotten Tomatometer Score- 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.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreChris StuckmannChrisStuckmann.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.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreBarry HertzGlobe 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.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreTim CogshellFilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
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.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreAngie HanFilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
Some of the best parts are learning how hard it is to go through everyday life when you have guns for hands... Where the film falters is when it tries to be something profound.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreGary GoldsteinLos Angeles Times
[A] brash, crass, often mind-numbing ride.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreBen KenigsbergNew York Times
A satire of overamped gamer culture that is itself too overamped to be much fun...
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreManuel São BentoMSB 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.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreKat HughesTHN
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
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreMatt GlasbyRadio Times
[B]y mimicking the breathless tempo of a video game, Howden falls prey to video-game problems: the violence is unreal and weightless; the up-to-the-minute visuals seem immediately dated...
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreSarah WardConcrete Playground
Aims for wild but settles on obnoxious and grating.
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