The Berlin File
| Release Date: February 15, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
54
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Mixed or average reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
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3
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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70
VarietyMaggie LeeFeb 19, 2013
The Berlin File boasts knockout action setpieces that provide an impressive big-budget showcase for Ryoo Seung-wan's technical smarts. Read full review
70
The New York TimesNicolas RapoldFeb 14, 2013
As soon as The Berlin File takes flight with its exhilarating action set pieces, memories of any muddles evaporate amid the tension and vivid engagement with settings, from courtyards to fields. Read full review
70
Village VoiceScott FoundasFeb 12, 2013
The Berlin File keeps narrative coherence far down on a priority list that privileges expertly choreographed hand-to-hand combat, hair-raising stunt work...and such familiar genre accoutrements as secret rooms hidden behind bookshelves, shiny metallic attaché cases, and pens concealing fast-acting vials of poison. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesMark OlsenFeb 14, 2013
There is something sharp, exciting and more original tucked within The Berlin File — and it is in moments a sleek, crackling film — but it all feels somehow misshapen. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineRob HumanickFeb 14, 2013
The film is a sporadically entertaining, modestly ambitious shoot 'em up that frequently succumbs to spelling out its subtext. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanFeb 15, 2013
The story feels fairly perfunctory — not to mention unnecessarily knotty — but the well-connected leads do their best to ground it. And while this one falls far short of the “Bourne” films that serve as an influence, the intense action scenes consistently deliver some solid genre jolts. Read full review
40
Time OutDavid FearFeb 12, 2013
Though the director includes a few brief humdingers — a fight that involves a Rube Goldberg–ish tangle of wires; some munitions-fueled mayhem in a farmhouse — it’s not enough to keep viewers from wishing they were thumbing through a John le Carré novel instead. Read full review
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