Critic Reviews

Gripping and ultimately poignant thriller.

This is pure big-budget formula filmmaking.

Izuru Narushima’s film is a personal and political melodrama with perfunctory gunplay and explosions.

While key blockbuster elements (ticking bombs, intrepid reporters, lightweight politics) are all present, the film's brisk pacing can't hide the fuzzy logic of the tenuously structured, convoluted script.

Convoluted action saga.

There are many new Japanese movies that deserve a stateside release. Why this hapless mess beat them out is a question that deserves an answer.

A stupor-inducing, would-be thriller from Japan whose sporadic action and inept storytelling is as generic as its title.