Easy Money: Hard to Kill
Cinedigm | Release Date: February 14, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
57
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
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5
Mixed:
7
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
New York PostKyle SmithFeb 12, 2014
Najafi stages action scenes with an intense, queasy beauty and elevates what is in its outlines a routine crime drama to near-operatic proportions. Read full review
75
The PlaylistJessica KiangJan 24, 2014
It’s a sequel that, over a tighter running time, kicks against the law of diminishing returns, and only succumbs to it after a fight. Read full review
70
The New York TimesStephen HoldenFeb 13, 2014
For the second film, Babak Najafi has succeeded Daniel Espinosa as director. The structure here is more mechanical, and the ambience scruffier, as the complicated story shifts from one disreputable lowlife to another. Read full review
70
The DissolveChris KlimekFeb 12, 2014
Rarely has a life beyond the law seemed less enticing than it does in Babak Najafi’s bleak crime picture. It’s unrelentingly intense and utterly humorless, but there’s no denying the skill and brio with which it unspools. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeTom RussoFeb 20, 2014
Once again, the most resonant drama here is all about conveying a self-loathing born of inescapable circumstances. Read full review
60
Time OutJoshua RothkopfFeb 11, 2014
Too many characters contribute to a dulling of the cross-cultural spark found in the original (and in the better-known A Prophet). Kinnaman doesn’t have as much to play with this time — without his double life, he’s just an unsmooth criminal. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyFeb 14, 2014
If you DON'T go into this movie knowing it's a sequel, you're gonna have at least 20 minutes of rough sledding ahead of you, because there's no recap from the first movie. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesInkoo KangFeb 13, 2014
The emotional moments never land. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd Feb 12, 2014
True to its franchise roots, the film is atmospheric, well acted, and frustratingly intent on draining every last drop of pleasure from the genre-movie conventions it cannibalizes. Read full review
50
Village VoiceZachary WigonFeb 11, 2014
Not fully understanding its own merits, Easy Money is accidentally fascinating in some moments, but purposefully formulaic in many more. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineChuck BowenFeb 9, 2014
There's ultimately little in the way of authentically resonant drama underneath the film's self-conscious busy-ness. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsJordan HoffmanFeb 13, 2014
How many times do these guys need to hear that crime doesn’t pay? Read full review
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