Shield of Straw
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35
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
3
Negative:
3

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyMay 23, 2013
Sleek and engrossing, though awfully drawn out and short on psychological complexity, this is a straight-up police action thriller that adheres to a very familiar Hollywood template. Read full review
60
The TelegraphRobbie CollinMay 23, 2013
An enjoyably silly police thriller, Read full review
40
Time Out LondonDave CalhounMay 23, 2013
[A] baggy revenge thriller consisting of short violent set pieces interspersed with far too many talky debates about the morality of protecting a killer. Read full review
30
VarietyPeter DebrugeMay 23, 2013
Even the hackiest of Hollywood writers would have known how to fix its considerable script problems. Read full review
25
The PlaylistKevin JagernauthMay 23, 2013
A b-movie potboiler at best, and indebted to countless other and much better films, this tedious, dumb, so-bad-it's-almost-funny procedural is an overstuffed thriller that offers one single idea, and proceeds to beat it to death, without much of anything to say. Read full review
20
The GuardianPeter BradshawMay 23, 2013
It is put together with technical competence, but is entirely cliched and preposterous, and it implodes into its own fundamental narrative implausibility. Read full review
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