The Marksman
critic Reviews
, 37% Rotten Tomatometer Score- The Marksman benefits from having Liam Neeson in the lead, but this formulaic action thriller should have aimed higher.
- , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreRichard RoeperChicago Sun-Times
While that stuff might be new to this guy, we've seen it all before.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreSara Michelle FettersMovieFreak.com
This is a ponderous slog of a tale that rarely achieves anything close to a lasting impact.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreBilge EbiriNew York Magazine/Vulture
As a bare-minimum action flick, The Marksman is mostly serviceable.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreAmy NicholsonFilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
A Clint Eastwood reject.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreK. Austin CollinsRolling Stone
Not a great movie, but courtesy of director Robert Lorenz, a lean, plausibly entertaining one with all the fixin's and none of the extra flab of deep, incisive meaning.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreChristy LemireRogerEbert.com
There's not much to the character Neeson plays, or anyone else in the film, for that matter.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreVincent ManciniUproxx
It does do a decent job of being reasonably enjoyable without being actively evil, if that's what you're after.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreChris KnightNational Post
How much you enjoy The Marksman will depend on how much you like to see Neeson taking the law into his own gnarled hands. There's tension in the story, to be sure, but not a lot of depth of character.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreEvan SaathoffSlashfilm
Even if you're tired of this fare, you could do a lot worse than get stuck watching The Marksman.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreThom ErnstOriginal Cin
Director Lorenz's actioner is passable but both the film and star Liam Neeson show signs of genre fatigue.
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