Rotten
I don't know what Ayer is trying to prove by dunking the camera in spilled guts and having it linger over charred and frozen corpses.
Wesley Morris, Grantland
Sabotage
Leave no loose ends
2014 · 1h 50m · R
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
David Ayer
Overview
John 'Breacher' Wharton leads an elite DEA task force that takes on the world's deadliest drug cartels. When the team successfully executes a high-stakes raid on a cartel safe house, they think their work is done – until, one-by-one, the team members mysteriously start to be eliminated. As the body count rises, everyone is a suspect.
Director and cast
- David Ayer Director
- Arnold Schwarzenegger as John 'Breacher' Wharton
- Sam Worthington as James 'Monster' Murray
- Olivia Williams as Caroline
- Terrence Howard as Julius "Sugar" Edmonds
- Joe Manganiello as Joe 'Grinder' Phillips
- Harold Perrineau as Jackson
- Josh Holloway as Eddie 'Neck' Jordan
- Martin Donovan Cast
- Max Martini Cast
- Mireille Enos Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
22%
Tomatometer
Fresh
What redeems all this, to some extent, is Ayer's bleak but honest vision... he understands how law-enforcement people witnessing the depths of humanity might lack the necessary character to climb back up.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Rotten
For most of its running length, Sabotage is a gritty, compelling motion picture with twists to make a pretzel envious. Unfortunately, it overstays its welcome.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Rotten
Sabotage starts off as a fun, nasty, occasionally surprising little piece of genre filmmaking. But it gradually loses the thread.
Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine/Vulture
Rotten
Director David Ayer has made two of the best films about the tough lives of cops -- Training Day and End of Watch -- but his streak ends with the very violent and ultimately forgettable Sabotage.
Cary Darling, Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com
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