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Kino Lorber | Release Date: September 28, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
60
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Mixed or average reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0
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Time OutEric HynesSep 25, 2012
The most "Naked City"–worthy aspect is the film's temperature, fixed precisely between cool posturing and broiling anomie. Its vision of contemporary Thailand is recognizable as another society undeserving of redemption, but worthy of poetry. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineElise NakhnikianSep 24, 2012
This "Buddhist film noir," as writer-director Pen-ek Ratanaruang calls it, is surprisingly slow-moving and soulful for a film full of double-crosses and cold-blooded killing. Read full review
60
The New York TimesManohla DargisSep 27, 2012
A dreamy, elliptical neo-noir about a cop turned killer turned something else altogether. Read full review
60
Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlSep 25, 2012
The awesome shit's awesome; the ponderous is ponderous; and the bloody corpses are arranged as artfully as wedding bouquets. Read full review
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The A.V. ClubAlison WillmoreSep 26, 2012
Headshot is, unfortunately, far better with ideas than with narrative. Read full review
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