Guns Akimbo
Saban Films | Release Date: February 28, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
42
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
4
Negative:
3
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
IGNChris TillySep 14, 2019
Writer-director Jason Lei Howden does try to sneak social commentary into proceedings, the film satirizing reality TV and attacking the poison of online comments. But ultimately this is balls-to-the-wall action, with Guns Akimbo delivering thrills, spills and genuinely spectacular kills. Read full review
67
The Film StageJared MobarakSep 14, 2019
With an unhinged Weaving chewing the scenery as Nix and a perfectly cast Radcliffe doing his best to survive while also finding it impossible to keep Miles’ snarky thoughts in his brain out of his mouth, it’s hard not to be entertained. Read full review
65
SlashfilmMarshall ShafferFeb 27, 2020
Guns Akimbo glides on the strength of Radcliffe’s work, which is equally committed to selling a self-deprecating verbal barb as it is to executing an extended bit of physical humor. Read full review
60
TheWrapSimon AbramsFeb 19, 2020
Guns Akimbo may be too mild to be memorable, but it is a mostly satisfying time-waster. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinFeb 27, 2020
Howden, with an able assist from editors Luke Haigh and Zaz Montana, keeps this anarchic gore fest moving at breakneck speed, but it’s a brash, crass, often mind-numbing ride. Read full review
50
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergFeb 27, 2020
A satire of overamped gamer culture that is itself too overamped to be much fun, Guns Akimbo takes a while before it stops showing off its virtuosity — shots that turn cartwheels, frantic cutting, an onslaught of graphics — and finds a groove. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeSep 14, 2019
The ingredients for an engagingly ridiculous action pic are here, but the pacing's all wrong. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineSteven ScaifeFeb 24, 2020
Writer-director Jason Lei Howden’s humor might have been tolerable if his film was at least reasonably imaginative. Read full review
30
VarietyDennis HarveySep 14, 2019
This undeniably slick, energetic contraption plays somewhere between grating and numbing. Read full review
25
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzApr 28, 2020
If there is a one-word skeleton key to unlocking Guns Akimbo, it might simply be: “sloppy.” Read full review
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