In the Lost Lands
Vertical Entertainment | Release Date: March 7, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
6
Negative:
6
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
95
Film ThreatMichael Talbot-HaynesMar 14, 2025
This is high-octane fun that you would do well to check out in theaters. Read full review
91
The Film StageNeil BahadurMar 6, 2025
The joy is all in its inspired, sensuous imagery, fantastical and dreamlike. The action scene as poetry, endless poetry in and for a hopeless world. Read full review
80
The Daily BeastNick SchagerMar 5, 2025
For sheer unadulterated geekiness, it’s got few contemporary equals. Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriMar 7, 2025
What’s truly striking about the film is the storybook quality that Anderson has given every single scene. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineSteven ScaifeMar 5, 2025
The film provides Paul W.S. Anderson with a sturdy canvas for his unique brand of gaudy, campy cool. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyMar 8, 2025
Throughout, one is continually reminded of other, better movies—not least of all, the kind of eminently watchable genre films Anderson was producing at his peak. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comMonica CastilloMar 7, 2025
Ultimately, the threadbare quality of Constantin Werner’s screenplay cannot be smoothed over with gobs of CGI effects (impressive as some of these sequences look) and the star power of Milla Jovovich and Dave Bautista. Read full review
45
TheWrapWilliam BibbianiMar 5, 2025
It’s a grim slog through the wastelands of human civilization, which makes a big deal about the generic parts and glosses over all the thrilling weirdness. Read full review
40
EmpireAmon WarmannMar 18, 2025
Neither Bautista nor Jovovich can elevate this ugly-looking misfire. Fans of entertaining fantasy action need not apply.  Read full review
40
The GuardianPeter BradshawMar 12, 2025
German screenwriter Constantine Werner has adapted a story from fantasy author George RR Martin and the resulting dialogue lands like a series of sandbags on a concrete floor; director Paul WS Anderson handles the material with stolid determination. Read full review
40
IGNJuan BarquinMar 5, 2025
Even the most ardent defender of Paul W.S. Anderson’s work might think In the Lost Lands is the kind of mess that proves the Resident Evil director’s detractors right. It’s not just a barely comprehensible failure on its own, but an adaptation that takes a character-based drama and turns it into an ugly action flick. Read full review
38
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliMar 10, 2025
The screenplay fails to provide any reason to care about the characters or their circumstances, so we sit in a theater seat, trying not to be hypnotized by all the flashes of light in the muddled brown-and-white environment or lulled to sleep by the inane babbling that passes for dialogue. Read full review
30
ColliderShawn Van HornMar 7, 2025
In the Lost Lands could have been an exciting story about witches and werewolves in the post-apocalyptic world, but instead, it's more lifeless than the green-screen backgrounds that consume its runtime. Read full review
30
The New York TimesRobert DanielsMar 6, 2025
This lackluster script struggles to build a captivating story to match the allure of its expansive desert setting. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckMar 5, 2025
Unlike so many of Anderson’s efforts, In the Lost Lands isn’t adapted from a video game. But it sure as hell feels like one, and not one that would be fun to play. Read full review
25
IndieWireDavid EhrlichMar 5, 2025
The same video game aesthetic that facilitated his earlier B-movies has otherwise entombed this new one in a generic mess of C++. Read full review
20
Screen RantAlex HarrisonMar 5, 2025
The script may be the film's rotten foundation, but no one element can take all the blame for its emptiness. Read full review
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