A bank executive receives a bomb threat while driving his children to school that his car will explode if they stop and get out. A remake of the 2015 Spanish film "El Desconocido.... (Full plot summary below)
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A bank executive receives a bomb threat while driving his children to school that his car will explode if they stop and get out. A remake of the 2015 Spanish film "El Desconocido.
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| San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleNeeson’s last few action flicks may have been just for fans, but Retribution is for everybody. |
| The A.V. ClubLuke Y. ThompsonUnlike Forrest Gump’s box of chocolates, what you’re going to get from this box of travel sweets is usually something you can expect. But that doesn’t mean it can’t be effectively tasty in the moment. |
| New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriThis is a paycheck movie, to be sure, the kind of direct-to-video title that gets a theatrical release because the lead actor still has star power. But he and his director have earned that paycheck. I’m excited to see what Liam Neeson will be stuck inside next. |
| CNNBrian LowrySet in Berlin, the Speed-like conceit possesses a crisp and efficient stupidity before, predictably, running out of gas. |
| Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayWhile Retribution is far from Neeson’s best, it still mostly works, so long as you tune out the dialogue and focus on the hero’s twitchy face, waiting to see which will blow to smithereens first: his car or his patience. |
| ObserverRex ReedThe point finally arrives when you realize an initially interesting plot ceases to make much sense, the screenplay by Christopher Salmanpour is nothing more than a series of elaborate red herrings, and director Nimród Antal has nothing to do but increase the noise level and blow up as much of downtown Berlin as legally possible. |
| Austin ChronicleJosh KupeckiIn the hands of director Nimród Antal, a filmmaker who’s made good movies (2003’s Kontroll) and bad movies (2010’s Predators), who has worked on engaging TV shows (Apple TV+’s Servant) and brain-dead TV shows (Netflix’s Stranger Things), Retribution falls pretty much right down the middle. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperWe’re halfway through the movie when the villain’s identity becomes painfully obvious. Spoiler alert: We’re not wrong. The dialogue is often so painful, it’s almost entertaining on some level. |
| Washington PostMichael O'SullivanDirector Nimród Antal (“Predators”) does a serviceable job of keeping everything interesting and suspenseful, if not exactly fresh. |
| Arizona RepublicAmanda LubertoThe action-thriller is formulaic and obvious. In other words, it's just another Neeson movie, nothing more, nothing less. |
