Dante Lam is John Woo via Michael Bay; he doesn't want to win you over, he wants to beat you up and make you crazy. And for all its silliness, "The Viral Factor" does just that.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
9 Mar 2012
fresh:
Gunfights and explosions are audaciously played out in real urban locations swarming with people and vehicles, all unfolding with high tension, without losing sight of continuity.
– Maggie Lee,
Variety,
20 Jan 2012
rotten:
It takes a special kind of action director to use chaotic, human-filled public spaces for high-energy foot chases, auto stunts and gun battles yet never once get under the skin with a sense of genuine danger.
– Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Jan 2012
rotten:
Tediously overwrought and drably made, with scenes punctuated by synthesized drums out of eighties American TV drama.
– Stephen Cole,
Globe and Mail,
20 Jan 2012
rotten:
"The Viral Factor" wants to be both an action movie and a soap opera. But the merging of the two genres by Dante Lam, a director based in Hong Kong, is clumsy, and so is the film.