The Glimmer Man

Warner Bros. | Release Date: October 4, 1996

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33	METASCORE Generally unfavorable reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews

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Peter Stack

The movie keeps a snappy pace and the suspense pot boiling. The snippy interplay between the two cops adds enjoyable twists of comic chemistry. Constant rain and slick streets, though a cliche, set a moody tone. [07 Oct 1996, p.D2]

Staff (Not Credited)

Although this slick Seagal action pic won't convert die-hard detractors, aficionados will note that he's both gained weight and lightened up. Read full review

TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)

The comedy is cruelly subliterate (powdered deer privates figure prominently), the action -- performed by an aging, dumpy Seagal -- pointless, and the story pieced together from moldy cliches. Read full review

Michael Saunders

It's no surprise that the mountainous, pseudo-mystical actor stuck to his recipe for The Glimmer Man, an inoffensive cop-socky flick. [05 Oct 1996, p.C3]

Harper Barnes

The Glimmer Man starts out like Seven, but pretty soon it dwindles into nothing. [09 Oct 1996, p.5D]

EmpireDavid Eimer

As the plot gets even worse than that of a bad serial killer movie, not even the OK fight scene at the end can redeem it. Read full review

Richard Harrington

The plot of The Glimmer Man involves not only the Family Man but Our Evil Secret Government, the Russian Mafia and Rich Powerful Politicians -- the three stooges of action cinema in the '90s. Read full review

Leonard Klady

For a rock'em, sock'em action thriller, The Glimmer Man is a hopelessly slow-moving, slow-witted shaggy-dog tale that delivers the jolts but lacks the juice necessary for high-voltage entertainment. Read full review

Lawrence Van Gelder

Short on suspense, routine in its action and monotonous in its performances. Read full review

James Berardinelli

All-in-all, what we have here is classic Seagal. And that means, for anyone who isn't an admitted fan, an uninspired outing. Read full review

John Petrakis

It's strictly rental material. [06 Oct 1996, p.11]

Desmond Ryan

In Glimmer Man, Steven Seagal shows not a glimmer of acting range. [07 Oct 1996, p.E07]

John Hartl

The Glimmer Man is just as foolish and formulaic as it sounds. [05 Oct 1996, p.C3]

Susan Wloszczyna

The Glimmer Man is strictly a bummer, man. [07 Oct 1996, p.3D]

Bob Kurson

Aside from some fancy handiwork with a combination credit card/switchblade, Seagal appears stiff and arthritic during his karate scenes, lending worrisome credence to the notion that Seagal couldn't fight his way out of the Wrigley Field bleachers. [08 Oct 1996, p.34]

Joey O'Bryan

The Glimmer Man is simply a spectacular belly-flop of an action movie -- neither good enough nor bad enough to be anything but instantly forgettable, though not necessarily painless. Read full review