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Collateral Damage

2002

Andrew Davis

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Elias Koteas, Francesca Neri, Cliff Curtis ...

4.4

11,263

Action In one fleeting moment, L.A. firefighter Gordy Brewer loses everything he ever cared about. Running late to meet his wife and young son at a downtown high-rise, the devoted family man arrives in time to witness a bomb explode, showering the area with debris and shattered glass. The explosion is credited to 'El Lobo, The Wolf', an infamous rebel leader in Colombia's decades-long civil war. The intended targets were members of the ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	James Berardinelli ReelViews	"It comes across as a glossy knock-off of a B-movie revenge flick (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Elvis Mitchell The New York Times	"An exhausted rehash of Mr. Schwarzenegger breaking through red tape to struggle against his nemesis of the moment."	NEG
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"A skillfully made example of your typical Schwarzenegger action film (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Ed Gonzalez Slant	"Typical of Hollywood terrorist schlock, there are equal measures of spurious, paperback discourse and unique torture mechanisms (…) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"	NEG
United Kingdom	William Thomas Empire	"The plot is laughably bad, and the action not much better (…) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United Kingdom	Dave Aldridge Radio Times	"Competently directed by Andrew Davis, but with none of the flair he brought to 'The Fugitive', this movie is for hardcore Schwarzenegger fans only (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	TV Guide	"Utterly predictable, noisy and stupid (...) this thriller mixes the usual genre tropes (...) with truly icky sentimentality repelente (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
Ireland	entertainment.ie	"[It] looks and feels like has been locked in a time warp, desperately trying to appeal to an audience that have mostly grown out of this overt machismo (…) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"	NEG

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