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.
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    Chris 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.
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    Barry 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.
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    Tim 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.
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    Angie 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.
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    Gary GoldsteinLos Angeles Times
    [A] brash, crass, often mind-numbing ride.
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    Ben KenigsbergNew York Times
    A satire of overamped gamer culture that is itself too overamped to be much fun...
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    Manuel 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.
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    Kat 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
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    Matt 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...
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    Sarah WardConcrete Playground
    Aims for wild but settles on obnoxious and grating.
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