Beyond the Reach

  • 2015


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22 %
37 % Rotten
$ 0 Million
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Positive Reviews 22
Negative reviews 28
Average Rating 2.4/5
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3.8
Watching Douglas behave like a narcissistic scumbag is an absolute pleasure, one in which viewers of action adventure Beyond the Reach can happily ind .. Rogerebert
1.0
Its lost and confused, with its baffling plot turns and character motivations presented in a straightforward, dead eyed manner. Common Sense Media
1.0
Well, as Pascal observed, the heart has its reasons which, in Douglas case, remain impenetrable at the end of The Reach, a preposterously bad, grade Z .. Variety
2.5
Maybe itll work for you, but for me, its the most excepted and sour way for Beyond The Reach to go out. We Got This Covered
3.0
Michael Douglas chews the spectacular desert scenery in this silly, enjoyable survival thriller. Time Out
2.0
It starts off promisingly, suggesting a moody existential two hander under blazing skies, then gets increasingly silly, hitting its nadir with the sig .. The Guardian
3.0
Michael Douglas serves up an enjoyably villainous performance for this survival thriller in the classic 70s style of Deliverance and Duel, based on th .. The Guardian
1.3
Beyond the Reachs one triumph is strikingly photogenic, if completely superficial.
1.9
This is not a great film; in fact, its terrible in some ways.But its also a kind of demented fun, for part of the way.
1.0
But not even Douglas can redeem The Reach, the terminally silly and thoroughly disposable new thriller he stars in and produced. The Hollywood Reporter
2.5
Mr. Douglas does his unhinged thing again in Beyond the Reach, a sun baked suspense tale that doesnt add anything to the human hunts a human genre but .. The New York Times
3.0
Sadly, whatever enjoyment the audience may find watching the game unfold is lost before the credits roll. IGN
2.0
This pared back and Peckinpah flavoured cat and mouse thriller, made in the middle of nowhere with a cast of two and a righteous fire in its belly, fe .. Telegraph
2.0
When Madec mistakes an old desert dweller for his four legged prey and shoots him dead, the hunter attempts to buy Bens silence.
2.5
The flat out awful ending ... deflates much of the goodwill built up by the rest of the film. San Francisco Chronicle
1.0
What unspools is less a most dangerous game than a most tedious slog. Ny Daily News
1.5
As a big fan of Michael Douglas, I was hoping for a rock solid thriller, but instead this is just dull and despite the gorgeous lensing, feels like a .. JoBlo
1.9
One imagines director Jean Baptiste Leonetti told Douglas much the same thing. The Globe And Mail
2.5
Theres not much here: The characters are paper thin, and the action is slow, at times agonizingly so. Philly
3.0
Madec (Michael Douglas) is a big time financial wizard who has rolled into a small town near the Mojave desert to hire a guide who will take him on a .. Spirituality And Practice
3.8
The Most Dangerous Game is one of the more enduring thriller formulas. Rogers Movie Nation
3.0
The rest of Beyond the Reach doesnt live up to his performance, but as survival stories go, it offers a decent amount of thrills and sun caked frustra .. Blu Ray
3.8
Filmmaker Jean Baptiste Leonetti does an effective job of initially luring the viewer into the spare proceedings, with The Reach boasting an engaging .. Reel Film Reviews
4.0
We are sorry, you need to be a subscriber to watch this video We are sorry, you need to be a subscriber to watch this video With the slaughter of Ceci .. The Times
4.5
With the strong performances, eye popping locations and considerable action, viewer reach should be for the big screen. Film Journal
0.6
Beyond the Reach fails to achieve the Southwestern noir potency of No Country for Old Men, but theres no denying it brings to mind another Southwester .. New York Post
2.0
The story is too inconsistent and the characters are too stock to be compelling. Az Central
3.8
The dancing is suitably passionate, although occasionally a tad silly. Toronto Star
3.1
Some may find it fulfilling, but my experience was one of severe letdown, especially after the rest of the film had worked so well, far exceeding expe .. Q Network
2.0
Despite the savage beauty of its location evocatively lensed by Oscar winning cinematographer Russell Carpenter (Titanic, Ant Man) and well utilised b .. Flim List
2.5
To be fair, its fun watching him go to the dark side in the middle of the Mojave Desert and never come up for oxygen, but the movie tries too hard to .. Observer
2.0
It is one of several action set pieces that rely on the careful building of tension rather than explosive pyrotechnics and which benefit considerably .. Express
2.0
But Beyond the Reach takes an absolute age to muddle every set piece right up until the films death defyingly daft denouement, an ending so breathtaki .. The Irish Times
2.0
Its after the characters leave the desert that the movie has no idea what to do with them, and the conclusion seems taken from a completely different .. Blogs Indie Wire
3.0
This is a film you need to see with a big, lusty audience so you can yell at the screen at the end. Now Toronto
2.0
Add to this numerous contrivances and the randomness of plot including what screenwriting manuals call the inciting incident and Beyond the Reach simp .. Cine Vue
2.0
The film is too honest itself to always give us the answer we want. La Weekly
3.0
Still, super rich Madecs sheer unscrupulousness makes him someone youll love to hate. Mirror
3.0
With a spectacular setting and two solid actors on screen, this thriller builds enough solid suspense to distract the audience from the implausible pr .. Contact Music
2.0
The film leans heavily on well trod most dangerous game territory, but the insistence on inscrutable characters and cheap twists never lets it feel ac .. The Dissolve
3.5
The film actually is based on a decades old young adult novel called Deathwatch, and it feels dated, like something dredged up from the back shelves o .. Dead Line
2.0
It doesnt just ruin what had been a pretty sturdy retro genre entry; it signals its sudden turn into lowest common denominator thriller dreck. Metro New York
3.0
Douglass Gordon Wakko wealthy bastard schtick keeps Beyond The Reach from getting trapped in an all too familiar game of cat and mouse. One Room With A View
2.5
And because this is a primal predicament, it still mostly works until Susco returns to civilization for one false ending too many. Bitly
2.5
Director Jean Baptiste Leonetti does well in showing us how the shimmering heat becomes a character, generating its own noirish, oppressive mood. Seattle Times
3.0
Yet its never less than watchable and will do wonders for sales of aftersun. Sky
1.5
Lonetti abuses close ups and the general shots trying to imitate western duels, but it all fails and ends up looking like a bad experiment.
2.5
Its okay for a movie to be silly and goofy.Heck, most movies could benefit from being sillier and goofier than they are, particularly films like Jean .. Sf Weekly
1.0
Need some epic spot lights to light up a rocky outcropping hes hiding Graffiti With Punctuation
3.0
But, thats not enough reason to give this silly thriller a viewing. Movie Chambers
1.5
Theres really no other way to describe this sparse but ultimately rather silly B movie thriller. Seattle Weekly
2.5
It seems as if audiences like their movie billionaires to be cliched scumbags. Japan Times
2.5
Theres a particular frustration that comes from a movie that spends 80 minutes as a fairly satisfying genre exercise, then implodes so spectacularly i .. City Weekly
2.0
There is simply not enough logic or motivation to explain the films second half, and it completely destroys the relatively promising work undertaken i ..
2.0
The Reachs entertainment value is just as dry and empty as its vast desert location.
2.0
A typical plot of hunters being hunted in which the few elements that could work fail to create an effective thriller. Time Of India
3.0
It manages to keep the thrills going, mainly due Jean Baptiste Lonetti s sharp direction. Chilango.com
3.5
Leonetti is the real thing and he can direct rings round most contemporary genre helmers. Electric Sheep Magazine
2.0
A potentially sophisticated conclusion is wrecked by a conventional ending. Compuserve
3.8
The director makes the confrontation interesting and factual because he makes the best use of the environment and landscape.



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