Mark Hanson
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19% higher than the average critic
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6% same as the average critic
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75% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 13.2 points lower than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Mark Hanson's Scores
- Movies
- TV
| Average review score: | 52 | |
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| Highest review score: | The Visitor | |
| Lowest review score: | Midnight in the Switchgrass | |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 48 out of 102
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Mixed: 21 out of 102
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Negative: 33 out of 102
102
movie
reviews
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- Mark Hanson
At its best, Alfonso Pineda Ulloa’s film gleefully embodies the grungy spirit of classic exploitation cinema.- Slant Magazine
- Posted May 23, 2022
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- Mark Hanson
Symptomatic of the Marvel-ization of modern action cinema, the film seems to exist mostly as an advertisement for future product.- Slant Magazine
- Posted Jun 10, 2021
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- Mark Hanson
Mostly notable for its distracting resemblance to Rick Rosenthal’s Halloween II, Chapter 2 suggests for a while a needlessly extended epilogue to the first film.- Slant Magazine
- Posted Sep 23, 2025
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- Slant Magazine
- Posted Nov 3, 2021
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- Mark Hanson
The film is almost refreshing in its flightiness, even as it remains defiantly ignorant of the world in which it exists.- Slant Magazine
- Posted Jun 8, 2021
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- Mark Hanson
Randall Emmett’s directorial debut is virtually indistinguishable from the scores of cheap VOD action thrillers that he’s produced to date.- Slant Magazine
- Posted Jul 21, 2021
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- Mark Hanson
In the end, Nicolas Cage can only do so much to bring this hastily assembled oater to life.- Slant Magazine
- Posted Apr 9, 2025
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- Mark Hanson
It’s easy to imagine the nihilistic avenues that Renny Harlin’s trilogy capper could have gone down.- Slant Magazine
- Posted Feb 5, 2026
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- Mark Hanson
The film resembles less a realistic peek into the modern slavery of immigrants in America as it does grist for the torture porn mill.- Slant Magazine
- Posted Aug 28, 2024
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- Mark Hanson
Every story beat is unimaginatively cribbed from better films and every tepid exchange of dialogue is unconvincingly performed.- Slant Magazine
- Posted Mar 9, 2021
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- Mark Hanson
While mostly pulling off this tricky balancing act of humor and real-life horror, the film doesn’t quite go far enough in its critiques.- Slant Magazine
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- Mark Hanson
Though often abstract in its imagery, the film’s blistering commentary remains firmly rooted in our present reality.- Slant Magazine
- Posted Nov 30, 2021
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