Faster
CBS Films | Release Date: November 24, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
44
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Mixed or average reviews based on 24 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
12
Negative:
5
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Chicago ReaderIgnatiy VishnevetskyDec 13, 2010
The film never outshines its influences, but as back-to-basics action filmmaking, it's often superb. Read full review
70
MovielineMichelle OrangeDec 13, 2010
Built for speed, and for an action-savvy audience who can appreciate a throwaway vengeance flick for exactly what it is. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttDec 13, 2010
Stripped for action without a moment wasted on unnecessary dialogue, exposition or nuances. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeTy BurrDec 13, 2010
Faster is meat-and-potatoes action with a side of crazy. Read full review
63
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertDec 13, 2010
A pure thriller, all blood, no frills, in which a lot of people get shot, mostly in the head. Read full review
63
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliDec 13, 2010
Grim but holds the attention; it does not, however, offer the kind of mindless action excursion that many will be anticipating. Read full review
63
St. Louis Post-DispatchCalvin WilsonDec 13, 2010
Plays as if Tillman studied the works of director Michael Mann ("Heat"), but got a C on the final exam. Read full review
60
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzDec 13, 2010
A stripped-down affair, from title to characters to plot. It never strives to be more, instead concentrating on making the most of its self-imposed limitations. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsDec 13, 2010
Faster starts to lay on a heavy-handed message about the importance of forgiveness. That isn't what anyone showed up to see. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsDec 13, 2010
Dwayne Johnson leaves his lovable self behind in the violent but bland Faster. Read full review
50
L.A. WeeklyNick PinkertonDec 13, 2010
The archetypal names are pure Walter Hill, the single-minded grudge mission borrowed from Donald Westlake's Hunter books - fine antecedents, though director George Tillman Jr.'s style is anything but terse, indulging rote slo-mo swagger set to secondhand musical cues. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerTirdad DerakhshaniDec 13, 2010
Tillman, who made a splash last year with his hip-hop hit "Notorious," does a nice job of calling into question the assumption, shared by most genre films, that vengeance is the only right course of action. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Stephen ColeDec 13, 2010
Anyone interested in a no-seatbelts, out-of-control action flick will find much to enjoy in Faster; although even they may prefer seeing it in Blu-Ray at home, which would allow for trips to the fridge for fuel when the film begins to idle in the last reel. Read full review
50
The New York TimesStephen HoldenDec 13, 2010
Faster, a turgid, ultraviolent parable of revenge and forgiveness, is as muscle-bound as its monosyllabic antihero. Read full review
50
USA TodayClaudia PuigDec 13, 2010
The perfect vehicle for Johnson's charm and talents is still out there. It's certainly not in the muscle car he pilots in Faster. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovDec 13, 2010
This is meat-and-potatoes (and bullets) action filmmaking, although, really, that title's got to go. Read full review
40
Boxoffice MagazineSteve RamosDec 13, 2010
Watching Driver peel rubber proves B grade action movies are a welcome diversion in the era of CGI blockbusters. If only Faster didn't fizzle each time Johnson put down his gun. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierDec 13, 2010
Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson is overhyped as Billy Bob Thornton is slow and steady. Read full review
40
Time OutKeith UhlichDec 13, 2010
The Rock deserves better than this ho-hum revenge picture. Read full review
38
Orlando SentinelRoger MooreDec 13, 2010
Whatever brownie points Tillman scored with "Notorious", Faster is that wake-up call that he's no John Woo. Read full review
38
Washington PostDan KoisDec 13, 2010
In Faster, it's a car, not actors, that drives movie. Read full review
25
Entertainment WeeklyAdam MarkovitzDec 13, 2010
Faster grafts that genre's style onto a deadbeat script and leaves it to Johnson - as deadly focused as a gunsight - to make it all believable. Read full review
25
New York PostLou LumenickDec 13, 2010
Despite much effort, neither Johnson nor director George Tillman Jr. ("Notorious") can make this preposterous tale, live up to its title. Read full review
0
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleDec 13, 2010
No matter how guilty our knucklehead-protagonist's victims supposedly are, it's difficult to maintain a rooting interest. Read full review
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