No stranger to piloting action films, West allows the yarn to unwind at a perfectly measured pace.
– Bruce Demara,
Toronto Star,
29 Jan 2015
rotten:
Sadly, "Wild Card" is no royal flush, no full house, no three of a kind. A bust is I think the term I'm searching for.
– Betsy Sharkey,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan 2015
rotten:
Slow-motion knockouts follow, with Mr. Statham as sure-fisted as ever, but the "Expendables" director Simon West can only summon dead air in between.
– Nicolas Rapold,
New York Times,
29 Jan 2015
fresh:
There will be abundant laying waste of unworthy opponents, and the groans you hear will not be his.
– Geoff Pevere,
Globe and Mail,
30 Jan 2015
rotten:
It's hard to not feel a slight sense of disappointment when what looks like a steaming hot slab of fresh action filmmaking hot off the grill turns out to be microwaved leftovers.