Paris Countdown
Screen Media Films | Release Date: November 8, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
35
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
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5
Negative:
4
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50
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckNov 11, 2013
Slickly executed with glossy, neon-drenched cinematography and a throbbing techno-music score, Paris Countdown sacrifices substance for stylishness, as has become the distressing tendency of so many recent crime dramas. But its fast pacing, compelling lead performances and frequent doses of action prevent boredom from settling in. Read full review
50
New York PostFarran Smith NehmeNov 7, 2013
It’s a mildly interesting thriller — Paris through the eyes of a director who doesn’t know how to make its beauty menacing. Read full review
50
The New York TimesRachel SaltzNov 7, 2013
Mr. Marie, making his debut as a director, swathes their tale in a thick coat of style that teeters between cool and mannered. Read full review
40
Time OutAndrew FrisicanoNov 7, 2013
Despite the ingredients for a rousing shoot-’em-up (two-timing hit men, a slo-mo shoot-out, chartreuse-filtered scenes in Mexico) it’s hard to buy the leads’ mastery of this world of fist-pumps and violence. Read full review
40
The DissolveSam AdamsNov 7, 2013
Paris Countdown has style to burn, where “style” means “uses lots of lighting gels and some camera flourishes,” but it doesn’t have a coherent point of view or a solid take on the genre. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comChristy LemireNov 8, 2013
A middle-aged bromance tucked inside a French crime thriller, a slick and brutal B-action picture that finds writer-director Edgar Marie channeling Nicolas Winding Refn channeling early Michael Mann. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleNov 7, 2013
If Michael Mann, Luc Besson and Quentin Tarantino all ate the same bad sushi together, the unfortunate end result might just resemble the pre-digested pap that is the French thriller Paris Countdown. Read full review
30
VarietyPeter DebrugeNov 7, 2013
This been-there-done-that story marks a pretty banal debut for writer-director Alain Marie, who seems far more interested in aping Refn and early-career Michael Mann than in finding his own style. Read full review
30
Village VoiceSam WeisbergNov 5, 2013
The skirmishes are alternately silly and wan. The film's gloomy techno score is its most lasting attribute. Read full review
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