Triple Frontier
Netflix | Release Date: March 6, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
61
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 26 Critic Reviews
Positive:
16
Mixed:
9
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperMar 6, 2019
From the direction to the script to the production elements to the performances, Triple Frontier is a first-class ride. Read full review
83
The PlaylistRodrigo PerezMar 11, 2019
Chandor crafts a film in that contemplated vein of consequences, with a moral consideration for everything at stake, including the very souls of these soldiers, No one comes out clean. Read full review
80
Arizona RepublicKerry LengelMar 7, 2019
It’s a movie that maybe tries to do too much, but it does enough of it well to keep you glued to the screen. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranMar 6, 2019
Triple Frontier is a solid, engrossing genre item with designs on being something more. It doesn’t quite get there but it does well enough along the way to make the journey worth taking. Read full review
75
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliMar 18, 2019
An unconventional heist film in which a majority of the action occurs after the loot has been liberated, Triple Frontier features impeccable photography, strong acting, and well-staged action scenes that ooze tension. Read full review
75
The Seattle TimesSoren AndersenMar 6, 2019
When greed runs up against conscience, you’ve got a story. It does in Triple Frontier, and the story of that collision is a violent and thought-provoking one. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyMar 6, 2019
There may be no honor among thieves, but Triple Frontier certainly makes watching them pretty entertaining. Read full review
73
TheWrapWilliam BibbianiMar 13, 2019
Chandor’s film isn’t malleable enough to fit into the moral grey zones into which it ventures; it’s too battle-hardened for that. But it’s an ambitious and absorbing above-average thriller with something deeper on its mind, making this sometimes somber journey worthwhile. Read full review
72
IGNMatt FowlerMar 6, 2019
Triple Frontier features a cool cast and a gruesome story about greed, but it fails to capitalize on its own premise. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloMar 7, 2019
Triple Frontier becomes a fascinating sustained exercise in absurdist triage, as one mishap after another forces the men to decide whether they’re prepared to throw away obscene amounts of money in order to save their skins. Read full review
67
The Film StageJoshua EnciniasMar 6, 2019
A plodding, almost trite narrative that seems engineered for Netflix viewing habits; you can ignore for a few minutes and pick back up without missing a beat. Read full review
67
IndieWireEric KohnMar 6, 2019
Triple Frontier lands a handful of thrilling sequences in a sea of familiar riffs on greed, masculinity, and the lingering traumas of war. Read full review
63
New York PostJohnny OleksinskiMar 14, 2019
There are some zippy chase scenes and shootouts, and tension throughout. But the characters — especially the lethargic Affleck — make for more of a C-Team than an A-Team. Read full review
63
The Associated PressJake CoyleMar 7, 2019
Triple Frontier has the good sense to take a macho, Expendables-like set-up and turn it inward. It just doesn’t go far enough. Read full review
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzMar 6, 2019
Mostly, Chandor, working with a screenplay co-authored by Zero Dark Thirty writer Mark Boal, engages in drive-by subversion, smoothly twisting his way through the obligatory genre steps until he arrives in the territory of a morally fraught neo-western: more The Treasure of the Sierra Madre than Sicario: Day of the Soldado. Read full review
63
Philadelphia Daily NewsGary ThompsonMar 6, 2019
Though it’s been many years in development, it remains a timely look at the dangers of our increasingly outsourced, privatized military-intelligence network. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyMar 6, 2019
Despite the heavy dose of action and numerous tense situations, this Netflix offering has trouble staying in high gear once it gets there and the characterizations remain one dimensional — the men all speak exactly the same way. Read full review
60
EmpireIan FreerMar 6, 2019
Triple Frontier is engaging in parts with well-mounted action. But the characters lack definition and you can’t help but think an old timer like Howard Hawks or Sam Fuller might have done it better in half the time. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawMar 6, 2019
It’s an enjoyable enough way to spend two hours but without any commentary or real depth, it’s in need of a bit more suspense or conflict to really oil the wheels, the film too often ambling along when it should be racing. Read full review
60
The New York TimesManohla DargisMar 6, 2019
Chandor handles the action scenes smoothly, making it easy to gloss over what the movie is saying, trying to say or accidentally saying. He maintains the kind of accelerated pace that gives your eyes a workout, and pads the story with an inviting camaraderie that brings you into the group. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreSep 10, 2019
Hedlund has the best lines and makes a great case for future employment in movies of this genre. Affleck is reliably reliable in such roles, Pascal (of TV’s “Narcos”) impresses and Isaac is more prepped for action here than he was in “Operation Finale” or the “Star Wars” movies. Hunnam has the flattest character to play, something that doesn’t help a guy who always comes off as a less interesting, less fun version of Hedlund, even in movies where they don’t co-star. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comChristy LemireMar 12, 2019
An impressive team comes together in front of the camera and behind the scenes for the heist thriller Triple Frontier, but the results are frustratingly uneven. Read full review
50
Rolling StonePeter TraversMar 6, 2019
Somewhere along the road of development hell, the movie settled for delivering standard-issue jolts for jocks. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleDavid LewisMar 6, 2019
A movie that moves slower than it should and that keeps us detached for long periods of time. Most of the problems can be traced to the script, which does a poor job of establishing the characters and giving us a sense of how they relate to each other. Read full review
40
VarietyOwen GleibermanMar 6, 2019
There’s a dullness at the core of Triple Frontier. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineChuck BowenMar 15, 2019
J.C. Chandor turns an intensely physical narrative into another of his inadvertently generic studies of procedure. Read full review
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