Aftershock
Dimension Films | Release Date: May 10, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
39
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
9
Negative:
8
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisMay 9, 2013
The violence is quick and occasionally inventive, with little of the attenuated nastiness that characterizes so many genre pictures, and the photography ranges from brightly sun-kissed to down-and-dirty. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayMay 8, 2013
Right up until the quake, Aftershock is a bland, sub-"Hangover" comedy about guys on the make in South America. Then finally, blessedly, the ground swallows up these shallow idiots. Read full review
50
Boston GlobePeter KeoughMay 9, 2013
Though offering some chilling twists on the usual conventions, employing wit and restraint where otherwise the filmmakers might have relied on the contents of an abattoir, Aftershock is ultimately predictable in its litany of who lives and who dies, and doesn’t try to be too ironic or self-reflexive about it. Read full review
50
McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreMay 8, 2013
Aftershock then becomes a catalog of most every unpleasant way of dying you can imagine. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerApr 8, 2013
A movie that tends to stick to formula, offering up minimal scares amid scattered moments of gross-out bliss. Read full review
50
IndieWireEric KohnApr 8, 2013
Aftershock has no earth-shattering revelations to make its mayhem stand out in the wreckage. Read full review
45
Film.comWilliam GossApr 8, 2013
At first, it’s all fun and games whenever somebody gets hurt, but that’s not enough in and of itself to sustain the movie’s tension. We’re left waiting for characters to die off without much of a vested interest in anyone’s survival. Read full review
40
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzMay 9, 2013
The ending is sick enough to make it almost worth the wait. Key word: almost. Read full review
40
Time OutKeith UhlichMay 7, 2013
People become mere punch lines: fleshy avatars for the gory grist. Read full review
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