Drug War is a deeply intelligent, exhilarating and eminently satisfying adult crime story, one of the best thrillers you're likely to see this year.
– Tirdad Derakhshani,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
15 Aug 2013
fresh:
As always, To delivers fantastic set pieces ...
– G. Allen Johnson,
San Francisco Chronicle,
15 Aug 2013
fresh:
Few other working filmmakers display this degree of visual sophistication and old-school craftsmanship.
– Ben Sachs,
Chicago Reader,
15 Aug 2013
fresh:
[To] gives a solid 90 minutes of edgy foreplay before delivering the goods.
– Colin Covert,
Minneapolis Star Tribune,
22 Aug 2013
rotten:
Another inkling of the style limitations perhaps most responsible for To's lower visibility stateside compared with, say, his countrymen John Woo and Wong Kar-wai.