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36 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Dallas ObserverLuke Y. ThompsonDallas ObserverLuke Y. ThompsonSure, it's amusing, but it isn't much more.
- 63Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversThe movie is full of possibilities. Frustratingly, only a few of them are realized.
- 60EmpireEmpireIndividual sequences are all impeccably assembled, Rourke's grizzled vet chips in some memorable deadpan dialogue.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThanks to dynamic performances by Keira Knightley, Mickey Rourke, Edgar Ramirez and a strong cast -- sometimes all but buried beneath irksome stylistic flourishes -- this dark and absurd melodrama certainly has raw energy.
- 50ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliYes, the film is interesting, but it doesn't work.
- 40VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthySatisfying neither as character study nor as straight-ahead actioner.
- 40L.A. WeeklyL.A. WeeklyScott's lack of faith in the script is all too evident -- in most scenes, the lines are so dull, he has to up the ante of his already-infamous attention-deficit style.
- 30Village VoiceJessica WinterVillage VoiceJessica WinterThe script, allegedly by "Donnie Darko's" Richard Kelly, throws together tangentially related plots like cats in a sack.
- 30The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThe A.V. ClubKeith PhippsDomino de-emphasizes the human element--not to mention such niceties as plot and clarity--to such a degree that only those who show up purely to watch combustibles go "boom" won't feel insulted.
- 25Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThe movie is trash shot to look like art imitating trash.