Annapolis Reviews

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• winds up being just fitfully engaging enough

  by Eugene Novikov [Film Blather ]

• while director Justin Lin ("Better Luck Tomorrow") may have talent, he doesn't bring anything fresh or visually vital to this story

  by Michael Phillips [Chicago Tribune ]

• succeeds only in being a parody of itself

  by Andrea Chase [Killer Movie Reviews ]

• proves to be simply old-fashioned in the most dull, clunky way possible

  by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine ]

• manages to hit some nice basic-training movie beats

  by Gregory Kirschling [Entertainment Weekly ]

• is so formulaic

  by The Associated Press [Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ]

• is awash in stock characters and numbingly familiar plot twists

  by Tim Knight [Reel ]

• dull, stiff, pointless retread

  by [E! Online ]
• Reviewed by Joshua Starnes [Comingsoon ]
• Reviewed by J.P. Mangalindan [The Cinema Source ]
• Reviewed by Mario Tarradell [The Dallas Morning News ]
• Reviewed by Harper Barnes [St. Louis Post-Dispatch ]
• Reviewed by Sean Axmaker [Seattle Post-Intelligencer ]
• Reviewed by Chris Hewitt [Deseret News, Salt Lake City ]
• Reviewed by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe ]
• Reviewed by Lexi Feinberg [Cinema Blend ]
• Reviewed by Renee Vorbeck [The Trades ]
• Reviewed by James Berardinelli [ReelViews ]
• Reviewed by David Nusair [Reel Film Reviews ]
• Reviewed by David Cornelius [EFilmCritic ]
• Reviewed by Sean O'Connell [Filmcritic ]
• Reviewed by Mark Keizer [Boxoffice Magazine ]
• Reviewed by Bill Muller [The Arizona Republic ]
• Reviewed by Gerry Shamray [Sun Newspapers of Cleveland ]
• Reviewed by Paul Doro [The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel ]
• Reviewed by Gene Seymour [Newsday ]
• Reviewed by Daniel Fienberg [Zap2it ]
• Reviewed by Jack Mathews [New York Daily News ]
• Reviewed by Marc Savlov [Austin Chronicle ]
• Reviewed by Linda [Moviepie ]
• Reviewed by Frank Scheck [The Hollywood Reporter ]

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