Dragged Across Concrete
Summit Entertainment | Release Date: March 22, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
60
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 28 Critic Reviews
Positive:
14
Mixed:
13
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
EmpireNick de SemlyenApr 18, 2019
As well-constructed, unique, hardboiled and brutal as Zahler’s prior films, but this one leaves a less welcome bad taste in your mouth, thanks to its repugnant heroes and racial stereotypes. Impossible to dismiss, but hard to warm to. Read full review
60
Time OutPhil de SemlyenMar 23, 2019
You’d call it Tarantino-esque but for the pacing and lack of a soundtrack. (Even Tarantino might have cut a couple of these baggy subplots.) Read full review
60
Film ThreatAlan NgJan 27, 2019
This film barely gets a recommendation only because it finally gets interesting at the end. Read full review
60
Screen DailyDemetrios MatheouSep 3, 2018
Anyone expecting a progression in Zahler’s work may be disappointed, as the amusingly mannered dialogue starts to feel self-conscious and forced, as does the fatalism. Read full review
60
The TelegraphRobbie CollinSep 3, 2018
Even when the heist gets underway, the film takes its time about everything: what Zahler has essentially done is put a 15-minute mid-blockbuster set-piece on the rack and stretched it out until its cartilage pops. The duration is part of the point – you can’t do gnawing fatalism in a hurry – but the repetitions and languors here can feel presumptuous. Read full review
60
The GuardianDamon WiseSep 3, 2018
Zahler has a way with action, and the set pieces are inventive and nasty, with an unflinching eye for violence. Such style and confidence is impressive. But after three movies, his increasingly morose characters’ world-weariness is becoming wearying in itself; a little more light and shade here and there would easily take this cult director to the next level. That is, if he wants to go. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzApr 25, 2019
Nearly everyone in this movie, and nearly everything that happens in it, is awful. Vile. Nasty. But it is a nastiness that sticks. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperMar 22, 2019
An admittedly distinctive but ultimately mediocre movie that provides far more empty calories of exploitation than genuine food for thought. Read full review
50
The New York TimesManohla DargisMar 20, 2019
The movie is generally watchable, even at its slowest and ugliest, simply because the actors are solid even when their characters are repellent. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneySep 3, 2018
The insanely self-indulgent running time of two hours and 40 minutes and the tendency to undercut tension with fussy dialogue that continually draws attention to its cleverness make Zahler’s third feature a lot less fun than it seems to think it is. Read full review
40
The Observer (UK)Wendy IdeApr 22, 2019
Unfortunately, kind of a drag. Read full review
40
TheWrapTodd GilchristMar 22, 2019
Dragged Across Concrete is not a terrible movie, but it’s not so good that Zahler shouldn’t get dragged for it. Read full review
40
CineVueJohn BleasdaleSep 4, 2018
The trademark brutal violence remains effective, and Zahler maintains a pervasive feeling of dread throughout his films, but Dragged Across Concrete shows the limits of taking the game long. Read full review
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