Haywire
Overture Films | Release Date: January 20, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
67
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 40 Critic Reviews
Positive:
28
Mixed:
11
Negative:
1
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierJan 19, 2012
Haywire, clean and no-fuss as it is, needs more action scenes to match Carano's game. Read full review
58
Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallJan 19, 2012
Soderbergh doesn't always match his pacing to Mallory's fury. Read full review
50
The New YorkerDavid DenbyJan 23, 2012
The movie is a divertissement; it's lightweight and almost meaningless except for the fights, which are extraordinarily violent. [30 Jan. 2012, p.79]
50
New York PostKyle SmithJan 20, 2012
Haywire is a wannabe, or rather a wanna-B, and that B is for "Bourne." As each imitator comes and (rapidly) goes, my appreciation for the best superspy franchise deepens. Even top directors - in this case Steven Soderbergh - can't figure out the trick. Read full review
50
SlateDana StevensJan 19, 2012
Though Carano isn't without a certain glowering charisma, her flat line readings and apparent discomfort with dialogue-heavy exchanges make her seem like a refugee from a different, schlockier movie, the kind of low-budget, straight-to-video MMA rock-'em-sock-'em that might pop up on late-night basic cable and charm you with its rough-hewn amateurism and animal high spirits. As Haywire's long-seeming 92 minutes limped by, I found myself wishing I was watching that movie instead. Read full review
50
The New York TimesA.O. ScottJan 19, 2012
Once the talking stops and the action begins, her professionalism is very much in evidence and exciting to watch. And yet, somehow, it cannot quite relieve the tedium of a movie that is too cool even to pretend that there is anything worth fighting about. Read full review
50
TimeRichard CorlissJan 19, 2012
Carano is her own best stuntwoman, but in the dialogue scenes she's all kick and no charisma. The MMA battler lacks the conviction she so forcefully displayed in the ring. She is not Haywire's heroine but its hostage. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovJan 19, 2012
For all its kiss kiss, bang bang, Haywire ends up feeling as hollow as the points on Mallory Kane's 9mm ammo. Read full review
50
Miami HeraldRene RodriguezJan 19, 2012
Steven Soderbergh has been telling interviewers that he's planning to take a sabbatical from filmmaking because he has lost his inspiration. His lack of interest is palpable in Haywire, a rote exercise in action filmmaking that is sleek and polished and instantly evaporates from memory. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineR. Kurt OsenlundJan 14, 2012
If anything, Haywire is most closely linked to last year's "Contagion," a kindred effort in style, theme, and value-marring detachment. Read full review
40
Time OutKeith UhlichJan 17, 2012
There's shockingly little thrill in watching Carano bounce off walls and pummel antagonists. Read full review
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