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Sends an icy blast of fresh air into the moribund genre.

Mangold’s version proceeds far too quickly to a ludicrous, logic-defying shoot out.

Lowery's nostalgia works because it is so sincere and does not question America's fascination with Bonnie and Clyde as an excuse for bad deeds.

The performance [Sweeney] gives here, slipping easily into Christy’s skin, is going to knock some people for six.

What should simply be a diverting no-brainer is made considerably harder to swallow by the script's shallow handling of some unsavoury subject matter.

A functional disaster-cum-rescue film with a glut of special effects.

Despite a plot that reads like something out of Teen Romance, the film has great style and a wicked sense of humour.

The ‘bad guy’ really is the bank itself – or maybe the American Dream, a frothy notion that never had much currency here and is now bankrupt in the face of a recession.

Hostage is a brainless movie, masquerading as an intelligent thriller.

Krikodas should be wary of letting his style run rampant over material that could have been both resonant and disturbing given some restraint.

One thing I particularly enjoyed was that it balances its study of Will with an exploration of Tom’s coming of age, while never making Will’s decision to drop out morally clear-cut.

One of the dullest films about war ever made.

Watchable and competent, if ultimately unsatisfying, actioner.

There is no escaping the weightiness of the subject matter and Movermann treats it with the necessary respect, but he also shows evidence of a lighter touch, which helps to alleviate the pathos and prevents the film sliding into melodrama.

Alvart has found a way to allegorise the survival (or otherwise) of humanity itself in an environment not unlike our own.

A clear, clean picture without tricks

Peter Parker thinks he has problems if he can't pay rent, get a girlfriend, or if no one likes him. Boo hoo! Frank Castle has REAL problems, none of this wimpy crap.

Ultimately the in-your-face style and confusing story stop the emotions from getting truly under your skin.