Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
positive
4(15%)
mixed
9(35%)
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75
This is a ride, a video game, a soundtrack -- unapologetic and clearly labeled as such. It has no middle speed.
70
The biggest strength of Cradle 2 the Grave is that it doesn’t take itself too seriously.
67
By the time Li enters the obligatory ''ring of fire'' to face his final opponent, you realize just how forthrightly rote and businesslike ''Cradle'' is. And you don't mind. Because business, it turns out, is good.
63
When you pay good money to see an action movie, it's understood that you want it to be action-packed. You do not want it to be action-enhanced or action-flavoured or featuring accents of action.
60
Ultimately, it's the hip cast that keeps things hopping.
60
Martial arts hero Jet Li takes on all comers--with one hand in his hip pocket most of the time--in this absurd but breathlessly paced actioner.
60
Relentless, infantile and impossible to dislike.
50
Even throwing in a spunky fight between female sidekicks (Gabrielle Union and Kelly Hu) isn't enough to float this film over clumsy dialogue and the feeling we've seen it before.
50
The film itself is on autopilot and overdrive at the same time: It does nothing original, but does it very rapidly.
50
Between the off-center comic riffs of Tom Arnold and the wildly improbable hair's-breadth escapes, the whole business dissolves into amiable action farce.
