Rotten
suffers from an overly cluttered narrative and too-hyperkinetic style.
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
Overview
About a kidnapped hostage's life, and the frustration his family, a special ops team, and a man in charge of delivering the ransom money all feel as they rush to save him.
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11%
Tomatometer
Rotten
[Director] Negret is clearly less interested in imagining a fictional romance than in conveying his vision of a land that has lost its way.
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
Fresh
Colombian-born writer-director Antonio Negret's kidnapping thriller tackles the same subject matter as Hollywood's big-budget, star driven Proof of Life. But it's a grittier and more viscerally affecting film.
Maitland McDonagh, Time Out New York
Rotten
That someone is kidnapped in Colombia every three hours is a startling statistic that offers many cinematic possibilities. But Towards Darkness fails to use any of them to advantage.
Laura Kern, New York Times
Rotten
A convoluted bilingual thriller about a kidnapping in Colombia, Towards Darkness may be too clever for its own good.
Ronnie Scheib, Variety
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