
Co-directors Jonathan Baker and Josh Baker's sci-fi action thriller features James Franco, Zoe Kravitz, and Dennis Quaid. A young boy (Myles Truitt) finds a powerful otherworldly weapon, which he uses to save his older adoptive brother (Jack Reynor) from a crew of thugs. Before long, the two of them are also pursued by federal agents and mysterious mercenaries aiming to reclaim their asset.... (Full plot summary below)
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Co-directors Jonathan Baker and Josh Baker's sci-fi action thriller features James Franco, Zoe Kravitz, and Dennis Quaid. A young boy (Myles Truitt) finds a powerful otherworldly weapon, which he uses to save his older adoptive brother (Jack Reynor) from a crew of thugs. Before long, the two of them are also pursued by federal agents and mysterious mercenaries aiming to reclaim their asset.
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| ComicsverseTim StevensThe movie nicely captures an America at the fringes. It is rare - and rarer still in science fiction - to find a film that does that without a sense of pity or parody. |
| StarburstRyan PollardAll these positives aren't enough to make this movie good, since it's let down by an incredibly dated story full of some of the most tired clichés, without even attempting to add something new or fresh to spice things up. |
| Columbus UndergroundHope MaddenAdvertised as an adolescent SciFi adventure where a 'tween finds an intergalactic gun and all his problems are solved, the film is much more than that. And also much less. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekWill probably serve as a promising calling card for the Baker brothers, but by attempting to cover so many genre bases in a single outing, it eventually stumbles due to an overabundance of half-baked ideas and the lack of a decisive resolution. |
| The Movie CricketSean P. MeansIt all culminates in a slam-bang ending that genuinely surprises, and makes Kin a fun buried treasure to finish the summer. |
| Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyKin is a movie about a child with an all-powerful firearm that makes him feel important and special and powerful. On a one-to-ten scale of moral fecklessness, this ranks about a thousand. |
| Screen It!Jim JudyEnough parts of it worked just okay enough that I sort of dug what transpired, at least in the various individual moments. (Full Content Review for Parents - Violence, Profanity, etc. - also Available) |
| Common Sense MediaMichael OrdoñaThriller about brothers has realistic violence, language. |
| KXL-FM (Portland, OR)Gary WolcottBilled as science-fiction, it's more about brother-bonding. Once the sci-fi gets there, it is sometimes in the way of a much better movie. |
| IndieWireJude DryThere are plenty of plot devices to keep the audience on its toes, and Reynor is the epitome of a 21st century lovable antihero, so fashionable these days. He’s hard and grizzled when needed, but soft and playful as well. |