On the Job
Well Go USA Entertainment | Release Date: September 27, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
70
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisSep 26, 2013
Even at its most incomprehensible, the propulsive thriller On the Job is never less than arresting. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesInkoo KangSep 26, 2013
The film is as heartbreaking as it is heart-stopping. Read full review
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceySep 27, 2013
On the Job feels marinated in hardscrabble reality. Action scenes throughout are unnervingly frenetic, with the tension amplified by the sheer density of the crowds. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSep 26, 2013
A sturdy and sophisticated crime drama from the Philippines that takes a pretty gruesome situation and enriches its presentation with lots of human detail. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterNeil YoungSep 27, 2013
Matti and Yamamoto aren't reinventing any wheels here, and many of the dialogue scenes operate on a functionally prosaic level. On the Job takes off into a different stratosphere, however, when the emphasis is on visuals and movement. Read full review
70
The DissolveScott TobiasSep 25, 2013
Matti’s primary order of business is regularly serving up tense, stylish action sequences, and he proves more adept choreographing those than sorting out the convolutions of his parallel plotlines. Read full review
70
Village VoicePete Vonder HaarSep 24, 2013
Matti sets a brisk pace, utilizing the squalor and desperation of Manila's slums and prisons as well as powerful, against-type performances by Torre and Pascual to give us a familiar yet engaging thriller (with more than a few surprises). Read full review
67
The PlaylistGabe ToroSep 27, 2013
The workmanlike precision of On the Job carries through to its action scenes, none of which are shot with any flash or style, but are edited with a propulsive pace and performed by a watchable cast enough to make them engaging. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskySep 25, 2013
It’s a provocative premise, and one that manages to go beyond the usual themes of the crime genre. Too bad, then, it’s forced to share screen time with a humdrum and occasionally heavy-handed police procedural. Read full review
63
New York PostFarran Smith NehmeSep 30, 2013
The firefights and chase scenes, no matter how much they adhere to genre, seem more real than the people trapped in the corruption. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineAndrew SchenkerSep 23, 2013
A nose-to-the-ground crime thriller that also doubles as a wide-ranging portrait of official corruption in the Philippines, On the Job has little trouble delivering the genre goods. Read full review
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