The sight of Robert De Niro and John Travolta sharing the screen for the first time reps the one and only selling point of Killing Season.
– Alissa Simon,
Variety,
11 Jul 2013
rotten:
Tables keep turning, traps keep springing and the actors keep acting, acting, acting.
– Joe Neumaier,
New York Daily News,
11 Jul 2013
rotten:
If you've always wanted to see Robert De Niro forced to thread a steel rod through an open wound and then strung upside down by John Travolta, this is the movie for you.
– Lou Lumenick,
New York Post,
11 Jul 2013
rotten:
The pretentious, preposterous, dueling-dialect flameout called "Killing Season" has to stand as one of the biggest missed opportunities in iconic matchups.
– Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Jul 2013
rotten:
It's not worthless, but it's not good. As a genre film, it's too ambitious; as an art film, it's too obvious.