Judgment Night
Universal Pictures | Release Date: October 15, 1993 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
46
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
8
Negative:
2
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
The movie moves at a relentless clip, and the characters react intelligently enough to their situation to make it crackling good entertainment -- with bite. [15 Oct 1993, p.G5]
60
Los Angeles TimesPeter Rainer
Given the opportunities for gratuitous mayhem, director Stephen Hopkins, working from a script by Lewis Colick, is reasonably restrained. He’s aided by his cinematographer, Peter Levy, who gets some real variation out of what might have been undifferentiated darkness. Read full review
60
The New York TimesJanet Maslin
A tight, energetic sleeper in the action-adventure genre, manages to pack a few anti-machismo sentiments into an otherwise brawny tale. Read full review
50
The Seattle TimesJohn Hartl
Judgment Night is almost completely lacking in conviction and originality. But Leary does a fair Dennis Hopper imitation, Gooding does his best with an insulting role, and the ending is witty enough not to give us the undying villain it leads us to expect. [15 Oct 1993, p.D27]
50
St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe Holleman
Decent performances from Emilio Estevez and Denis Leary can't rescue this movie from its weak screenplay and predictable story. [21 Oct 1993, p.7G]
50
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
An exciting, although pointless, race through the dark and menacing streets of Chicago's West Side. Read full review
50
VarietyLeonard Klady
This is an exceedingly well directed, cleverly filmed and edited, tension-filled affair. It is also a wholly preposterous, muddled, paranoid's view of the inner-city nightmare where the slightest misstep is sure to have a fateful result. Read full review
50
Washington PostRichard Harrington
Judgment Night is regrettably familiar fare. Read full review
40
Washington PostDesson Thomson
Perhaps the ultimate "Judgment" comes from Estevez, who observes: "Nothing about tonight makes sense." Read full review
25
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
With some of the overlong running time snipped, Judgment Night might have been palatable. As it stands, however, the best judgment I can pass on this movie is an exceedingly harsh one. Read full review
20
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Basically a rehashing of previous genre films, Hopkins borrows heavily from such superior efforts as Philip Kaufman's The Wanderers (minus that film's gang motif, natch) hoping that no one will notice. Read full review
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