As with other Silver-smithed projects, this one is almost frighteningly competent at bashing heads and pushing all the right buttons.
– Rita Kempley,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
The screenplay, by Steven E. de Souza, contains many glib, obscene wisecracks, plus the misinformation that Anna Karenina was Tolstoy's first book.
– Janet Maslin,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
fresh:
Mulcahy's slasher-thriller manages to be as entertaining as it is improbable and violent.
– Stephen Garrett,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
A taut, twisty urban suspenser powered by the spring-loaded performance of Denzel Washington in his first major action role, Ricochet has a nasty streak and a tendency toward implausible excess.