Michael Ledo Ryan Reynolds is an over billed CIA wuss who gets killed in the first scene. However his mind is the only one that can save the world from Michael Pitt, "The Dutchman" who has that proverbial Internet thing to launch missiles that has become far too cliché in films. Ryan worked for Zorg (Gary Oldman) who doesn't care if he is dead, he is still going to make him do his job. Bring in Dr. Tommy Lee Jones in not his most convincing role (Oldman and Lee seriously needed to swap roles as did Costner and anybody else). It seems our doctor has never heard of Frankenstein as he puts Reynolds memory into Costner sporting a new Mohawk, who is also the world's biggest sociopath. He is in a penitentiary, and not a CEO.At this point we resort to the standard spy film formula and not so much the Frankenstein formula, although I would have really enjoyed just one "fire bad." In spite of my review, I did find the film mildly entertaining as I do when people get killed by a tough guy.Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.

cmovies-99674 PROS: This movie was intense, that's for sure. I was really shook by the whole experience. From the first 10 minutes with RYAN REYNOLDS I knew that I bitten off more than I could chew with this movie. I enjoyed the finesse in which the director was able to conduct the movie. Although I was startled by the movie at first, I really got to see what the director wanted to get across to the audience. He had a vision and it was well broadcasted. From the opening scene to the closing I was at the edge of my seat and completely entranced. I couldn't not see the finale of the film because I had previously got so invested in the process.PROS: The con is simple... ACTING! I don't understand how it is so hard to convey an emotion that the script has pretty much written out for you. You can't try to pull an emotion out of thin air, that's when it becomes unrealistic and shows through the film as being wicked fake. The director had the main character as being someone that it was OK to dislike, but when you got to the end you were supposed to like him. I didn't like him at all. It's hard to like someone when they act fake. That unbalanced vibe that the acting gave to the film is just plain disrespectful.www.chorror.com

jtindahouse The only familiarity I had with the movie 'Criminal' was the poster. I had seen it a number of times on my watchlist and had mistaken the star of the film for being Aaron Paul. Even now, knowing that it is Kevin Costner, it looks more like Paul to me. It wasn't until about halfway through the movie that I clicked and asked myself when the hell Aaron Paul was going to show up. That story to me is more interesting than anything the film could come up with. Man oh man was this bland. The acting was bland, the action was dull and the story was as forgettable as you will ever come across.There's actually a great cast assembled for 'Criminal' however none of them are given anything interesting to say or do. Ryan Reynolds even makes a brief appearance near the beginning of the film, however in hindsight I probably would've preferred he wasn't there at all, because the cameo only left me wanting more from him. There's an 'R' rating for the film, but you'd hardly notice this because none of the violence is in any way interesting. All up 'Criminal' is a complete misfire and a waste of a talented cast.

Martin Bradley A cross between a sci-fi movie and a convoluted CIA thriller, "Criminal" is neither fish nor fowl but a better than average cast, (Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, Tommy Lee Jones, Michael Pitt and an underused Ryan Reynolds), and some first-rate action sequences do go some way towards making up for the huge lapses in credibility; some way, but not enough to make this feel like something out of the Jason Bourne franchise. It's also a bit of a stretch to accept Costner, now 62, as a no-holds-barred action hero even if his over-the-top, cast-against-type performance is hugely entertaining. Also on the plus side, director Ariel Vromen makes excellent use of his London locations though to be fair, this could have been filmed anywhere. It's certainly watchable and Douglas Cook and David Weisberg's script does play on the comic potentials of the situation, though you get the impression that Oldman, Jones and especially Reynolds are only in it for the money.