Mile 22
STX Entertainment | Release Date: August 17, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
38
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 36 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
13
Negative:
15
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Critic Reviews

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60
VarietyOwen GleibermanAug 16, 2018
Berg, when he wants to be, is a surgical craftsman of chaos. Yet Mile 22 has little weight or resonance. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyAug 16, 2018
It’s both a bit confusing and a bit confused. Fortunately, it’s also loaded with some of the crunchiest action scenes since the John Wick movies thanks to Indonesian martial-arts maestro Iko Uwais. Read full review
50
We Got This CoveredLuke ParkerAug 28, 2018
There are just enough explosions in Mile 22 to keep you awake throughout the almost unbelievable amount of sludge that buries the rest of the film’s trim runtime. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperAug 22, 2018
Though it crackles with energy and has some impressive albeit gratuitously bloody kill sequences, the Big Picture plot is a dud, up to and including the preposterous final scenes. Read full review
50
Philadelphia Daily NewsGary ThompsonAug 16, 2018
The action is frantic and brutal, and the movie itself has an ugly tone. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneKatie WalshAug 16, 2018
Freed from the respectful restraints of non-fiction, Berg goes completely hog-wild, cinematically, and it doesn't exactly work. The film is a riot of nearly incomprehensible editing, a violent melee of intertwining scenes, shots, characters, formats and timelines, straining the limits of coherence and cogency. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleJosh KupeckiAug 16, 2018
The problem here, and what makes it so inferior to Evans’ films, is the editing. It is a page that Berg perhaps lost, but the action is the very definition of discontinuous. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyAug 16, 2018
Like an athlete who leaves it all on the field, the film leaves it all in the moment and on the screen, and there's really nothing to take away afterwards. There is nothing to think about, no nuances to contemplate, no connection with these characters who exist only in moments of hyper-tension and crisis, no greater truths to consider other than to prevail. Read full review
50
Screen DailyTim GriersonAug 16, 2018
The adrenaline never stops pumping in Mile 22, a superficially kinetic thriller that simultaneously attempts to be politically savvy and an ultra-macho shoot-‘em-up. That juggling act proves too sophisticated for director Peter Berg who, in his fourth collaboration with Mark Wahlberg, again demonstrates his sufficient skill at crafting dynamic suspense sequences. Read full review
45
IGNWilliam BibbianiAug 28, 2018
Mile 22 is a straight-to-video action movie that got the big budget treatment, and not in the good, cheesy, fun way. It’s an undercooked story with characters who don’t know how to express themselves without yelling, and it’s full of laughable plot points. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd Aug 16, 2018
In almost all respects, but especially structurally, Mile 22 is a mess. Read full review
40
EmpireJohn NugentSep 24, 2018
A tense and nasty thriller, Mile 22 is a frustrating experience that makes you wonder if Peter Berg should stick to depicting real-life tragedies instead. Read full review
40
Rolling StoneDavid FearAug 16, 2018
It can give you something approximating action. What it can’t give you is a watchable action movie. That’s where it truly fails to go the distance. Read full review
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