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Guns Akimbo

2019

Jason Lei Howden

Daniel Radcliffe, Samara Weaving, Mark Rowley, Ned Dennehy ...

5.6

8,565

Action. Comedy Miles is stuck in a dead-end job, still in love with his ex-girlfriend Nova. Unbeknownst to him, a gang called Skizm is running a deadly competition within his city in which complete strangers fight to the death for the entertainment of an online audience of millions. When Miles is unwittingly enrolled in the game and learns that Nova has been kidnapped, he must overcome his fears to fight the heavily-armed Nix, win, and save Nova.

	Author	Review
United States	Dennis Harvey Variety	"Those wanting to kiss a few brain cells goodbye may enjoy [it] (...) Anyone with an attention span above ADD levels, however, is likely to find this (...) between grating and numbing."	NEU
United States	Chris Tilly IGN	"A rollercoaster of a movie (...) The influence of video games is clear, the film playing like the world’s most violent platformer, replete with suitably ridiculous end of level bosses."	POS
United States	Perri Nemiroff Collider	"If you’re looking for vibrant, high-energy midnight material, director Jason Lei Howden has you covered (...) It’s super ambitious, irresistibly flashy and well worth the wait."	POS
United States	John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"Another in a string of offbeat choices for Radcliffe, who, like Elijah Wood, appears to be pleasing himself after spending years pleasing the masses (...) Unfortunately, it'll leave many bizarro-action fans wanting more as well"	NEG
United States	Rafael Motamayor Bloody Disgusting	"Howden is clearly inspired by action movies of the ‘80s, especially Verhoeven thrillers like 'Robocop'. Sadly, [it] never reaches those highs, but it succeeds at being a high-energy shoot-em-up (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Marshall Shaffer SlashFilm	"[It] just never quite goes that extra mile (...) Howden’s film, a clever and entertaining ride all the same, cannot claim the mantle of the Verhoeven-style thrillers he wants it to emulate because it misses this final intellectual step."	NEU
United States	Meg Shields Film School Rejects	"Despite an enticingly bananas premise, the follow up from ‘Deathgasm’ director Jason Lei Howden is something of a misfire"	NEG

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