No One Lives
Anchor Bay Films | Release Date: May 10, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
26
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
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2
Mixed:
3
Negative:
9
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
EmpireSimon CrookMay 27, 2013
Loopy, film-literate and full-bore, it's a sadistic '70s thriller in modern-day garb. Read full review
70
Village VoiceChuck WilsonMay 8, 2013
Director Ryûhei Kitamura (The Midnight Meat Train) is too talented for material this retro-junky, but he and screenwriter David Cohen keep the action coming hard and fast. Read full review
60
Total FilmJames MottramMay 27, 2013
Depending on taste, you’ll be left either barfing or laughing. Read full review
40
The GuardianMike McCahillSep 6, 2013
Director Ryuhei Kitamura ladles on the entrails like a ghoulish dinnerlady, but his three-way narrative strategies lead nowhere. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleMay 9, 2013
No One Lives is a cheap horror prank that's ultimately not clever or accomplished enough to sustain its eccentricities, and they are very bloody eccentricities indeed. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineDrew HuntMay 10, 2013
Ryuhei Kitamura's latest genre bloodbath is par for the course, in spite of the occasionally flourish of interesting subtext. Read full review
38
McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreMay 8, 2013
No One Lives has to give away its biggest, best secret (the killers have messed with the wrong guy) far too early for its own good. Read full review
30
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisMay 9, 2013
Mr. Kitamura, an action enthusiast who prefers to show rather than tell, seems unaware that the film’s dialogue is laughable, its characters unfathomable and the acting often less than optimal. Read full review
25
The PlaylistKevin JagernauthMay 13, 2013
Almost coming off like an academic blueprint of what a serial killer movie should look like, rather than anything with a distinct voice or authorial hand, "No One Lives" shocks by virtue of being completely uninteresting. Read full review
25
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd May 8, 2013
How bad is No One Lives, the new bottom-feeding schlock-fest from WWE Studios? Simply put: It’s bad enough to make some of the studio’s other offerings, like the Steve Austin deathmatch movie "The Condemned" and the Kane-starring slasher flick "See No Evil," look like genre gems. Read full review
20
Time OutKeith UhlichMay 7, 2013
The uniformly awful performances seem beamed in from Planet Ed Wood, while the script is filled with mock-macho zingers (“If I wanted to hear from an a**hole, I’d rip you a new one!”) that would give former Governor Schwarzenegger pause. Read full review
10
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeMay 10, 2013
When a slasher pic can't exploit a woodchipper for more sadistic thrills than we get here, it shouldn't expect moviegoers to salivate for a sequel. Read full review
0
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierMay 10, 2013
Luke Evans, whose higher-profile work includes “Clash of the Titans,” this summer’s “Fast & Furious 6” and the next installments of “The Hobbit,” smolders embarrassingly. But he shouldn’t be embarrassed. In the shadows, that could be anyone. Read full review
0
New York PostFarran Smith NehmeMay 9, 2013
So unspeakably dull that it can’t even offend, save when the filmmakers have the almighty nerve to quote Alfred Hitchcock and Jonathan Demme. It would be far better to rip off a William Castle movie, and aim for a level they have a prayer of actually hitting. Read full review
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