Raze
IFC Films | Release Date: January 10, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
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80
Los Angeles TimesInkoo KangJan 9, 2014
Raze is a sweaty, queasy, bruising experience — and a superbly crafted film. Read full review
80
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerJan 9, 2014
If you can stand to watch this movie — a big if — there is food for thought here about the subjugation and exploitation of women, the limits of psychological and physical endurance, and more. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzJan 10, 2014
Bell's performance is the best reason to see Raze. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineNick SchagerDec 23, 2013
Raze leaves the background particulars about this competition oblique, partly because it adds a layer of ominous mystery, but primarily because it doesn't matter; witnessing women-on-women violence is the thing here, regardless of any narrative context. Read full review
60
Time OutKeith UhlichJan 8, 2014
Quentin Tarantino showcased her bubbly personality (and ass-kicking dexterity) in 2007’s terrific gearhead horror movie, "Death Proof." Now, seasoned stuntwoman Zoë Bell gets a vehicle all her own—a disposable battle royal no-budgeter that’s immensely elevated by her presence. Read full review
50
Village VoiceChuck WilsonJan 7, 2014
The stark prison Sabrina and a half dozen final contestants inhabit make the torture chambers of Hostel look inviting, but to their credit (perhaps), screenwriter Robert Beaucage and director Josh Waller never sugarcoat their grim tale. Read full review
50
The PlaylistGabe ToroDec 23, 2013
You get the feeling that if there were less fighting and more character work, not only would Bell knock it out of the park, but Raze would be a better, more interesting movie. Read full review
45
NPRIan BuckwalterJan 10, 2014
The entertainment value of the violence trumps most of the larger meaning, and the film exploits its characters just as they do their prisoners. Read full review
38
New York PostSara StewartJan 10, 2014
Ultimately, though, the lack of story and relentless suffering make Raze appealing for hard-core genre fans only. Read full review
33
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyJan 8, 2014
Raze is a brain-dead exploitation flick in which barefoot, white-tank-top-clad women beat each other to death. Read full review
30
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzJan 23, 2014
Josh C. Waller’s movie is just prurient nonsense, a film only a couple of notches up from the women-in-prison films that were popular years and years ago. Read full review
30
SalonAndrew O'HehirJan 9, 2014
There’s enough craft and intelligence at work here that you can’t dismiss Raze as meaningless sadism, but not nearly enough to make it worth the unpleasantness of actually watching it. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsJordan HoffmanJan 10, 2014
This ugly, dull and idiotic actioner doesn’t know if it wants be fun or grim. It winds up simply being deplorable exploitation. Read full review
20
VarietyDennis HarveyJan 8, 2014
Raze is a brutally monotonous fight-to-the-death-contest actioner whose novelty element — all-female competitors — is undermined by lack of imagination on every other level. Read full review
20
The DissolveScott TobiasJan 8, 2014
The tease of 50 gorgeous women fighting to the death has a classic grindhouse appeal, but Raze is strictly a “be careful what you wish for” proposition. Read full review
10
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeDec 23, 2013
Battles are sickeningly brutal, and viewers who have no ethical problem with that may object to their sheer lack of imagination. Read full review
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