Countdown
STX Entertainment | Release Date: October 25, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
31
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
7
Negative:
8
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
33
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd Oct 24, 2019
In Countdown, it’s the audience that really gets cheated. Read full review
25
The PlaylistCharles BarfieldOct 25, 2019
Countdown is completely inessential and adds absolutely nothing of value to the cautionary tale genre of technology horror. Read full review
25
Slant MagazineDerek SmithOct 24, 2019
If there’s an ethos that Justin Dec’s film believes in, it’s only that “death sucks.” Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleZaki HasanOct 24, 2019
Between “Jexi” a few weeks ago and now this, October has ended up becoming quite a great month for bad movies about scary software. Read full review
20
Screen DailyTim GriersonOct 26, 2019
The downside to a film that includes multiple shots of a clock counting down is that it provides audiences with an unintended rooting interest: we’re just hoping it gets to zero soon so we can leave the theatre. Read full review
20
The GuardianBenjamin LeeOct 24, 2019
Rather than screaming for them to go the other way, you'll be urging them to accept fate and die instead. Read full review
12
RogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiOct 25, 2019
Countdown pretty much fails on every level that a horror film possibly can — the characters are uninteresting dullards, the story is idiotic, and the scares are nonexistent. Read full review
10
VarietyDennis HarveyOct 24, 2019
Bombastically dumb new chiller that probably would have been called "Killer App" if that title hadn't already been used several times. Read full review
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