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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasIt's handsome, large-scale escapist fare - and has as its costar the formidable, versatile Kristin Scott Thomas.
- 50VarietyJordan MintzerVarietyJordan MintzerEuro-financed production throws large chunks of change at a corporate espionage saga spanning several continents, yet most of the money seems to have landed in locations, with too little allocated to the script and stunt departments.
- 50The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenAbout halfway through, the wheeling and dealing becomes so elaborate and the villains so numerous that the only way to enjoy the movie is to let its preposterous story wash over as you sit back and take in the scenery.
- 50New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoThe generic plot is redeemed by exciting action sequences, good-looking location photography and a hot sex scene involving a femme fatale named Lea (pixie-haired Melanie Thierry).
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertDid I care if Largo Winch won his struggle for control of Winch International? Not at all. Did I care about him? No, because all of his action and dialogue were shunted into narrow corridors of movie formulas.
- 50Chicago ReaderJ.R. JonesChicago ReaderJ.R. JonesFortunately for the company, Largo turns out to be a formidable knife fighter in the corporate sense; fortunately for this sleek, empty thriller, he turns out to be a formidable knife fighter in the street sense too.
- 40Time OutNick SchagerTime OutNick SchagerWhether sleuthing or smacking around thugs, Sisley makes a dashing hero, but this glossy action flick is heavy on tedious convolutions and depressingly light on character depth, suspense or political-economic intrigue.
- 38Slant MagazineAndrew SchenkerSlant MagazineAndrew SchenkerLike most of the film's performances, Sisley's comes off as flat and impenetrable, the result both of a certain stoical conception of character and the dissipation of focus that arises from the movie's perceived need to encompass so much.
- 30Village VoiceNick PinkertonVillage VoiceNick PinkertonIt's impossible to imagine how anything this convoluted could have already earned a sequel, but it has.
- 25San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleThe movie is a mess.