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Message from the King

2016

Fabrice Du Welz

Chadwick Boseman, Teresa Palmer, Luke Evans, Alfred Molina ...

5.5

1,494

Thriller An outsider named Jacob King arrives in Los Angeles to avenge his younger sister's disappearance.

	Author	Review
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"[An] ugly and oddly unengaging revenge tale (...) The film falls squarely into a clichéd, post-film-noir vision of Los Angeles"	NEG
United States	Boyd van Hoeij The Hollywood Reporter	"It's all downhill after a great start (...) The screenplay becomes a muddle and then a mess in its second half (...) What remains, besides the film’s stylish cinematography, is Boseman’s intensely focused, almost wordless performance"	NEU
United Kingdom	Allan Hunter Screendaily	"A lurid potboiler that no amount of surface style can salvage (...) There is very little in 'Message From The King' that encourages the viewer to suspend disbelief or silence any scoffing."	NEG
United States	Brian Tallerico rogerebert.com	"'Message From the King' eventually gets so grimy that you want to wash it off. I don’t have a problem with movies that explore dark territory, but said exploration demands something in exchange."	NEG
United States	Noel Murray The Playlist	"Chadwick Boseman gives another of his quietly commanding performances (...) There’s something just a little off about this picture, which keeps it from connecting"	NEU

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