Allegiance
XLrator Media | Release Date: December 28, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
37
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
7
Negative:
3
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Screen DailyMark AdamsJun 10, 2017
Writer/director Michael Connors creates a good sense of atmosphere and clearly knows his way around the military milieu, but never manages instill the film with a much-needed sense of dramatic tension despite a solid enough story structure. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesMark OlsenJan 3, 2013
Allegiance is an intermittently compelling but ultimately disappointing drama that loses track of its own point of view in favor of more generic storytelling. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleLouis BlackJan 4, 2013
The film boasts an insistent and unquestioning patriotism. What begins as a drama devolves by the halfway point into an overly long chase film, which only grows more and more boring. Read full review
40
VarietyRonnie ScheibDec 27, 2012
The picture's assorted characters, though credible, feel wearisomely one-dimensional, while the pumped-up action, unfolding in a single day, basically consists of an extended game of hide-and-seek. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckDec 27, 2012
Unfortunately, Allegiance is less sure-footed in the filmmaking department, rendering its potentially suspenseful storyline stilted and uncompelling. Read full review
40
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisDec 27, 2012
This well-acted debut feature from Michael Connors (a former Army captain) is too limited in ambition and scope to satisfy our expectations. Read full review
40
Village VoiceSimon AbramsDec 27, 2012
Without its topical pretext and overzealous patriotism, Allegiance would be just another generic action film. Read full review
38
New York PostFarran Smith NehmeDec 31, 2012
Allegiance works better as a way of reminding us who does the fighting in this age of outsourcing than it does as a human drama. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineDrew HungDec 23, 2012
Michael Connors does a fine job of not passing judgment on his characters, yet his depiction of his main character's dilemma is about the only thing he handles correctly. Read full review
20
Time OutDavid FearDec 27, 2012
What, exactly, is the payoff for suffering through such painfully bad filmmaking for 93 minutes? Forget about getting "A Few Good Men"–style military melodramatics; this movie quickly proves that even a few good performances, lines of dialogue or music cues are a pipe dream. Your loyalty will not be rewarded. Read full review
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