Killer Instinct
FOX | Release Date: September 23, 2005
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
25
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
0
Negative:
12
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Season 1 Review: It's a show so determined to shock that it cares more about that than about such things as compelling lead characters, believable situations or inventively solved mysteries. Read full review
30
Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
Season 1 Review: It's not awful, exactly, but it's so willfully bleak as to become monotonous. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterRay Richmond
Season 1 Review: There is a lot of "The Silence of the Lambs" in Fox's creepy new "Killer Instinct," but not enough to make it compelling rather than simply icky. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesRobert Lloyd
Season 1 Review: With its soundtrack full of metal and techno and its killers packing imported deadly spiders and home surgery kits, it aims for a Gothic moodiness not unrelated to the season's scary-monster shows. Read full review
30
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 1 Review: Lifeless and uninspired. Read full review
25
USA TodayRobert Bianco
Season 1 Review: The season's worst show. Read full review
20
Miami HeraldGlenn Garvin
Season 1 Review: A mess. Read full review
20
The New York TimesVirginia Heffernan
Season 1 Review: Pervasively disappointing. Read full review
0
Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan
Season 1 Review: Nothing could really prepare anyone for a show so wantonly grisly as this worthless, exploitative program. Read full review
0
Detroit Free PressMike Duffy
Season 1 Review: This is entertainment? Awful. Read full review
0
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Season 1 Review: A sadistic series that, underneath its ghastly veneer, is just a dull, unoriginal crime drama. Read full review
0
San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman
Season 1 Review: You won't see any worse acting across the broadcast spectrum. The women-in-peril scenes are vile. The writing is atrocious. The series is horrifically bad. And not in a way that would make a good drinking game. Read full review
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