The Human Race
XLrator Media | Release Date: June 13, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
32
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
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1
Mixed:
3
Negative:
3
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinJun 12, 2014
Though the dialogue is pretty basic and the narrative dots don't always quite connect, The Human Race, in its own gutsy, grindhouse-movie way, manages style, vision and tension. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckJun 27, 2014
Compensating for its less than convincing special effects with some intriguing plot twists and bracingly nihilistic situations, The Human Race is a reasonably compelling low-budget genre item. Read full review
40
VarietyDennis HarveyJun 17, 2014
Real suspense and shocks are MIA in a movie that’s eventful but lacks the atmospherics needed to be scary. Read full review
40
Village VoiceMichael NordineJun 12, 2014
One test for movies like this is whether they bemoan the inevitable gore or revel in it; The Human Race too often falls into the latter, amplifying and focusing on the bloodshed. Read full review
38
McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreJun 10, 2014
It’s not art. But The Human Race does manage to take a worn out formula and nonsense story and finds a few novel touches, a little humor and hints of pathos in between the exploding heads. Read full review
10
The DissolveChris KlimekJun 10, 2014
On your mark, get set, go find something else to watch! Because The Human Race, a dreary, smeary, low-low-budget but even lower-inspiration horror flick from British writer-director Paul Hough, is likely to leave viewers rueing the craven, disappointing species into which they were, through no fault of their own, born. Read full review
0
The PlaylistGabe ToroJun 17, 2014
This is a laughably bad movie, but an amazing drinking game waiting to happen. Read full review
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