Athena

"Anyone who loves their cinema to be spectacular, immersive and a rollercoaster ride will soak it up (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)" 

"t’s spectacular and immersive, with a sensational opening. But it gets bogged down in its own one-note, one-tempo uproar and open-ended parkour camerawork – impressive though that is (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)" 

"Wielding an ambitious visual strategy and volatile political commentary, Athena explodes but then fizzles, its often arresting images slowly undone by fuzzy ideas and a self-important air" 

"Romain Gavras’ tense, incendiary thriller declares war on injustice (...) The music-video helmer's third feature is his most impressive project yet" 

Athena is a live grenade, beginning in full ignition mode and dialing up its intensity throughout with virtuoso technique (...) thena is a sustained shock of a movie that will leave you bruised, 

"'Athena' immensely satisfies as a fast-moving political thriller and urban drama that feels genuinely cinematic, with technical finesse to spare (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)" 

"Gavras sincerely believes that it’s possible to articulate the anger of the dispossessed through aesthetics alone, and I can’t shake the feeling that [it] would have been more harrowing and successful had it owned the courage of that conviction."