Dead Man Down
FilmDistrict | Release Date: March 8, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
39
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 24 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
13
Negative:
8
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38
McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreMar 8, 2013
Rapace is all over the place with her performance — needy, then self-assured, enraged, then in love. The always feral Farrell seems as dismayed by her as the rest of us. Read full review
38
Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaMar 8, 2013
The film has been directed in a murky, rhythmless fashion by Niels Arden Oplev. Read full review
33
The A.V. ClubNathan RabinMar 10, 2013
Dead Man Down exerts an unconscionable level of effort for minimal reward: It aspires to exquisite world-weariness, but just ends up feeling exhausted by its frenzied yet fruitless exertions. Read full review
30
Village VoiceNick SchagerMar 7, 2013
It's all so much turgid brooding, dialogue underlined with import, and leaden symbolism involving Rapace's white and red dresses, none of which is salvaged by a typically understated Farrell performance. Read full review
25
Slant MagazineMar 7, 2013
The action merely meanders when it should be hurtling forward, running in circles when one expects it to head toward a conclusion or some sense of resolution. Read full review
20
The GuardianPeter BradshawMay 3, 2013
Director Niels Arden Orpev was in charge of the original "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," starring Rapace, but fails to create a revenge thriller with anything like the same focus. Read full review
20
VarietyPeter DebrugeMar 7, 2013
As Scandi directors go, Niels Arden Oplev couldn’t be hotter. After putting his stamp on “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” the Dane has what appears to be his pick of projects. So why follow it up with such revenge-fantasy dreck as Dead Man Down, a derivative collection of brazen plot holes and latenight-cable cliches into which he drags “Dragon” star Noomi Rapace? Read full review
12
New York PostKyle SmithMar 7, 2013
While a mob thriller can be as nasty as it likes, what it can’t be is silly. Read full review
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