Critic Reviews
32
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
positive
4(12%)
mixed
14(42%)
negative
15(45%)
Showing 33 Critic Reviews
88
A souped-up roadster of a film, a relentless action flick that looks great and moves with more grace and speed than seems possible.
75
A good movie? Hardly. But more than enough to pass a dog day afternoon.
63
The liveliest and most engaging time killer to come out of Hollywood in a long while. It's junk, to be sure, but it is superbly made junk.
63
It's skillfully mounted and fitfully intriguing, but weaves such a tangled web that at the end I defy anyone in the audience to explain the exact loyalties and motives of the leading characters.
60
If you like stuff breaking in THX, Swordfish delivers like no other this year. Bring earplugs.
50
So fast, sleek and riveting it almost makes you expect miracles -- which never materialize.
50
The action is constant, often pointless, definitely gratuitous, and breathlessly fun.
50
Ridiculous but occasionally fun.
50
A half-absorbing, half-ridiculous techno-thriller that often goes too far in search of audience-rousing effects.
50
A high-impact, high-powered mess that raises the bar for over-the-topness.
