Stay Alive
Buena Vista Pictures | Release Date: March 24, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
24
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
6
Negative:
11
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50
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Horror buffs looking for a novel twist on genre formulas should look elsewhere, but this body-count potboiler about a sinister video game and the poor dopes who make the mistake of playing it is the movie equivalent of junk food: It's not good, but it's predictable and even satisfying, in a low-expectations way. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
A passable horror-thriller for the young crowd, assuming a movie can lure them away from PlayStations. Read full review
50
VarietyJohn Anderson
Despite some hackneyed qualities, helmer William Brent Bell's good-looking if undistinguished cast and the seemingly fresh twist on an old tale should lure the usual fans of mayhem, murder and the medieval. Read full review
40
The New York TimesNeil Genzlinger
The star of Stay Alive is a cutting-edge video game, but the film still has hackneyed horror at its heart. And worse, it's not even the stylishly, wittily executed hackneyed horror of the "Scream" movies. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesJohn Anderson
Stay Alive spends a lot of time inside the video game system, and what will terrify the audience very early on is the realization that there's better acting in the video game than on the big screen. Read full review
40
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
There's a gothic backstory to all this, which makes no sense but looks pretty cool. Read full review
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