The Marksman
critic Reviews
, 37% Rotten Tomatometer Score- The Marksman benefits from having Liam Neeson in the lead, but this formulaic action thriller should have aimed higher.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreScott MarksSan Diego Reader
Eastwood's former 1st AD-turned-director Robert Lorenz leads with an uncluttered visual style, a respect for his characters framed in juxtaposition with the land that would make his former boss proud.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreRichard RoeperChicago Sun-Times
While that stuff might be new to this guy, we've seen it all before.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreSara Michelle FettersMovieFreak.com
This is a ponderous slog of a tale that rarely achieves anything close to a lasting impact.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreBilge EbiriNew York Magazine/Vulture
As a bare-minimum action flick, The Marksman is mostly serviceable.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreAmy NicholsonFilmWeek (LAist)
A Clint Eastwood reject.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreK. Austin CollinsRolling Stone
Not a great movie, but courtesy of director Robert Lorenz, a lean, plausibly entertaining one with all the fixin's and none of the extra flab of deep, incisive meaning.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreRolando GallegoEscribiendoCine
A film full of commonplaces, obviousness, and stereotypes unthinkable for the times in which we live. [Full review in Spanish]
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreSarah VincentSarah G Vincent Views
Robert Lorenz, the director and one of three cowriters, usually produces Clint Eastwood flicks, and even the film’s bonus features reference them. Neeson makes a more affable protagonist than curmudgeon Eastwood
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreZach PopeZach Pope Reviews
Liam Neeson as a Farmer/Marksman/Defender The same stuff he always plays Enjoyable Surface level action
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreM.N. MillerReady Steady Cut
Is nothing but trope-filled inconsequential scenes that follow the hollow action thriller playbook genre step by each yawn-inducing step.
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