The Mind's Eye
RLJ Entertainment | Release Date: August 5, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
55
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
2
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
The Film StageJonah JengAug 5, 2016
Though the film misses the opportunity to flesh out its alternative vision through character depth and narrative idiosyncrasy, its innovation through violence is a sight worth seeing. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubKatie RifeAug 3, 2016
From its opening title card proclaiming “This film should be played loud,” the telekinetic body-horror film The Mind’s Eye is punk as f--k. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeAug 4, 2016
The shtick sticks in The Mind's Eye, which lovingly apes period details, this time with psychokinetic warriors instead of alien invaders. But where the first film was dour, this one works so hard at its ultra-grave air of menace that it eventually turns (intentionally, one hopes) comic, building to third-act violence that will leave the right kind of audience howling with delight. Read full review
70
Village VoiceLuke Y. ThompsonAug 4, 2016
The Mind's Eye ought to hit the sweet spot for fans of early David Cronenberg, the more violent X-Men comics, and the kinds of indie horror movies Larry Fessenden always cameos in, as he does again here. Read full review
67
HitfixDrew McWeenyAug 4, 2016
The Mind's Eye is straight-up sincere, earnestly played and honestly intentioned. This is exploitation fare without any wink attached. These guys aren't trying to elevate the genre… they just want to make a psychic wars horror film and blow up some heads. Read full review
50
VarietyScott TobiasAug 4, 2016
The film has the visceral kick of brainiacs willing each other into bloody oblivion, but struggles to justify its own stock mayhem, much less plumb Cronenbergian depths. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayAug 4, 2016
Begos gets the texture and atmosphere right, but there’s nothing beneath his cool ’80s fog. Read full review
25
RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsAug 5, 2016
The kind of childish genre movie that gives genre movies a bad reputation. Read full review
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