Skiptrace is a movie made to serve a number of competing interests and markets, and in trying to offer the proverbial something for everybody, it ends up possessing a very limited appeal.
– Adam Nayman,
AV Club,
30 Aug 2016
fresh:
Action hero Jackie Chan rises above uninspired sex jokes and a weak co-star in martial arts/road movie hybrid Skiptrace, a Midnight Run-style buddy comedy that shackles Chan to Jackass star Johnny Knoxville.
– Simon Abrams,
Village Voice,
31 Aug 2016
rotten:
All the principals are plenty capable, but this is hardly any of these folks' peak.
– Noel Murray,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Aug 2016
rotten:
Mr. Chan has done these unlikely-buddy yarns before, of course - "Shanghai Noon," the "Rush Hour" movies - and sometimes has made the conceit work, but this incarnation lacks originality and spark.
– Neil Genzlinger,
New York Times,
1 Sep 2016
fresh:
Even if Chan no longer wants to put his life at risk as a martial arts Buster Keaton, he still has the ability to turn a joke and get a gasp out of an action sequence.