Sabotage

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  • 2014


MOVIE IS dramatic serious artistic emotional incoherent
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Average Rating 2.2/5
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2.0
Sabotage tries to be an over the top loner revenge story and a you are there ensemble cop movie, but ends up as pulpy mush instead. Av Club
1.5
Thus, Sabotages biggest misfire is its woefully miscalculated sense of seriousness and melodrama. Den Of Geek
1.5
As an action film, Sabotage is fast paced and extraordinarily violent in fact, this may be Arnolds most bloodthirsty movie since Total Recall. Den Of Geek
1.9
Yeah, a certain amount of violence is to be expected from a Schwarzenegger action epic but the red and grey stuff flows so freely here that even Dario .. Rogerebert
2.0
In writer director David Ayers last law enforcement drama, the remarkable End of Watch, there wasnt a moment that didnt feel lived in and true. Variety
2.5
Sabotage doesnt know whether it wants to be a cheesy 80s action throwback or a gritty, raw assault on reality a bi polar watch that creates tonal conf .. We Got This Covered
1.5
Sabotage is an amoral incoherent mess that only pretends to have a distant and ever shifting morality. Austin Chronicle
1.9
If the backstory laden script consistently hints at self awareness, that sense of knowingness is irrefutably cancelled out by the plain faced aestheti ..
1.9
Unlike them, however, Sabotage lacks any degree of artistic perspective on the barbarity.Despite the filmmaking polish that casts a sheen over all of ..
3.0
Schwarzenegger fans will enjoy this action fest, as this is undoubtedly his vehicle all the way. ETimes (TOI)
1.5
Breacher only comes off slightly better by sitting back and not actively participating, although he doesnt command his team to stop either. Collider
2.5
Sabotage starts off as a fun, nasty, occasionally surprising little piece of genre filmmaking. Vulture
0.5
Sabotage is an amoral incoherent mess that only pretends to have a distant and ever shifting morality.
1.5
More memorable and strange is how Mr. Ayer lingers over the movies near vivisectionist moments. The New York Times
3.5
Arnold Schwarzenegger may not be the best thing in Sabotage, but this is the best film that hes done in a long time. IGN
1.9
This is a screenplay so convoluted and poorly acted to boot that the vicious blood bursts are more an awkward standout than some reminder that this is .. E Film Critic
2.0
If you relish outbursts of weird Arnold pronunciation, the moment where he exclaims, Time to do the Loowards work is another minor classic. Telegraph
2.5
Characters in collision In place of coherence, Sabotage mainly offers spectacle, not the spectacle of action or blood, though theres plenty of both, b .. San Francisco Chronicle
4.5
But the films greatest triumph is a sequence that doesnt involve Mrs. Verloc at all. The Young Folks
2.0
A bloody, scuzzy, progressively preposterous whodunnit, blending old school and new wave to neutering effect. One chunky plus: the all new Antihero Ar ..
2.0
The joke, of course, is that its impossible to watch a Schwarzenegger movie without considering his own big deal history. Ny Daily News
1.5
As a piece of cinema, however, its unforgivably bad and manages to squander one of the best ensemble casts you could gather. Screen Rant
3.0
Schwarzenegger fans will enjoy this action fest, as this is undoubtedly his vehicle all the way.
2.0
A grotesquely nasty piece of work...a rancid, nihilistic wallow in cynicism and gore. One Guys Opinion
0.5
This is the disreputable, even disgusting diversion the Expendables pictures shouldve been. Village Voice
1.3
Its more a botched Ayer movie than a retro Arnie adventure, but there are elements of both dragging this down. Rogers Movie Nation
3.1
For most of its running length, Sabotage is a gritty, compelling motion picture with twists to make a pretzel envious.Unfortunately, it overstays its .. ReelViews
3.0
10 1 6 / 10 Over the course of four movies, writer/director David Ayer has captured the gritty side of street life and how it intersects with fringes .. Blu Ray
3.8
What redeems all this, to some extent, is Ayers bleak but honest vision; like very few action filmmakers these days, he understands how law enforcemen .. Chicago Reader
2.5
As directed by David Ayer, it has a sense of urgency that belies how very little substance there actually is to the screenplay by Ayer and Skip Woods. .. Mark Reviews Movies
1.3
But its impossible to build tension when you dont care a lick about the characters. Usa Today
2.5
Filmmaker David Ayer has infused Sabotage with precisely the sort of gritty feel with which hes associated, and theres little doubt that the movie, in .. Reel Film Reviews
2.5
Instead, Arnie returns once more in Sabotage, a hard edge, testosterone laden, dramatic thriller that seems to be trying too hard to mine material fro .. Screen It
2.0
There is no reason why Arnold Schwarzenegger shouldnt enjoy an Indian summer to his movie career. Independent
1.5
But like its stars post political film career, Sabotage is listless and joyless; the results feel cynical, slapdash and a waste of time for all concer .. The Wrap
1.3
Breachers alpha dogs start getting picked off in ways that would do the Final Destination movies proud.No ones simply executed in their sleep: The RV .. News Day
1.9
Loosely based on an Agatha Christie novel, David Ayers film doesnt make a lot of sense on any level. New York Post
2.5
But theres this: Sabotage, the latest testosterone driven shoot em up from David Ayer (screenwriter for Training Day, director of End of Watch), happi .. Film Journal International ..
2.0
Reviewing David Ayers critically feted End of Watch, I complained that the film struggled to reconcile its induced documentary aesthetic with an incre .. The Guardian
2.0
So Breacher gives them a good talking to, chomps on a cigar the size of a fire log and boom!.Everything is better. Az Central
3.8
Sabotage is a damn fine whodunit with a surprising layer of pathos and depth.Amazingly, its an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie. Star Tribune
1.5
Feels like a cheap action flick and not the serious drama it is presented as, and plays like an unintentional call to end drugs prohibition and the id ..
2.0
In Breachers world, shooting heroin is scarcely more of a crime than ingesting whipped cream.Sabotage is really just another opportunity for Arnie to .. Daily Mail
2.0
But despite some decent moments the film struggles to realise its potential. Flim List
1.5
Like Oliver Stones similarly wayward Savages, Ayers uncertain tone makes it hard to tell where hes condemning and where hes indulging these characters .. Eye For Film
2.0
Susan Grangers review of Sabotage (Open Road Films) Arnold Schwarzenegger plays John Breacher Wharton, veteran leader of a dauntless squad of grubby u .. Susang Ranger
1.5
But this trudge through wasted effort, one decorated with dark red squibs and cool gore makeup, a film more interested in making a mess than burning t .. Movies
2.0
A grade Z mix of sadomasochism, macho blather, extreme violence, misogyny and shaky cams, its all Jethro, all the time. Boston Herald
2.0
It doesnt really work. Its a bit like finding Mary Berry serving at your local kebab shop it just doesnt feel right. Express
1.0
Fat is unforgivable, theft of drug money perfectly okay.Perhaps if the picture was some kind of crazy Tarantino like dark comedy with clever plotting .. Express
2.0
While the film delivers on the action, it under delivers on emotional impact the same way that End of Watch does. The Film Stage
2.5
The actings fine in this thing; the actings rarely the reason a violent action movie succeeds or fails. Chicago Tribune
1.9
The new Arnold Schwarzenegger vehicle, Sabotage, is stupid, sadistic, misogynistic, confusing, and more than a little ridiculous.Heres the thing, thou .. Boston Globe
2.0
Compared to writer (with Skip Woods: A Good Day to Die Hard) and director David Ayers previous film, the brilliant End of Watch, this feels like a che .. Flickfilosopher
2.0
Mireille Enos does powerfully unladylike things.Schwarzenegger isnt bad. The Irish Times
2.0
The ending shoots for an operatic finish that reinforces the blurred lines between good and bad, but instead feels like a final, brutal thrill, a whee .. Blogs Indie Wire
2.5
Sabotage is unusually dark and serious for a Schwarzenegger vehicle, but the star doesnt quite have the acting chops to pull off the moral gray areas. Las Vegas Weekly
1.5
When theyre not cracking fart jokes, theyre paying strippers and gratuitously bullying civilians. The Atlantic
3.8
Sabotage isnt your typical Schwarzenegger action film, but its another thrilling Ayers cop drama in his now trademark, gritty fashion that will leave .. Lyles Movie Files
3.0
Arnie does his best but, as so often, turns out to be limited in scope: when called upon to look upset, his inner cyborg punctures the mood; when he s .. Standard
3.5
There isnt anyone contemplating their navels, or anything else that looks like Ayers thinks hes making some sort of artistic statement here. Tony Medley
1.5
Arnold is more effortless at stogie puffing alpha male virility, but he doesnt segue easily between the brash jokiness and street cred darkness. Los Angeles Times
2.0
Horror movie gruesome and pumped up like a roid rage, Sabotage is an abrasive, ugly exercise in macho nonsense. Detroit News
3.8
Its a good idea gene splicing a shoot em up actioner with a serial killer mystery and Schwarzenegger is solidly effective in it. Nj
1.5
If your sole requirement for a good Schwarzenegger film is bullets, blood, and cigar smoke then head out to the theater now as this is the movie for y .. Film School Rejects
2.5
But then in 2012, Ayer made good in my heart by making the surprisingly moving found footage cop drama End of Watch and pretty much redeemed himself. Ner Dist
3.5
It is a tough, gritty story that could have been made with a different actor in the part.Its not a vehicle for Schwarzenegger. Maki At The Movies
1.0
It certainly doesnt help with sympathy levels as the group starts getting eliminated.
3.0
While the plot is a kind of whodunit, the film looks and sounds much more like a thriller where assorted beefcakes get to shoot stuff, growl and play .. Mirror
2.0
The action sequences are often bracing and visceral, and theres an impressive car chase towards the finale, but by the time that comes around youll li .. Digital Spy
2.0
Sabotage violates a cardinal rule everyone understood in the 1980s: if you are going to have a movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger dont surround him .. Stl Today
2.5
This tasteless lunkhead was the leader of Americas most populous state Sabotage, from capable writer/director David Ayer (Training Day, End of Watch) .. Stl Today
2.5
Its not the Schwarzenegger vehicle that we know.The audience is both a spectator and a casualty of Ayers weaponized morality play. Screen Crush
1.0
Straight to DVD would be a kindness; straight to the waste bin would be a justice. Ft
3.1
For his latest film, he and co scribe Skip Woods (2013s A Good Day to Die Hard ) do not cover all that much fresh territory, but the film commands att .. Dustin Put Man
2.0
But the formula sags badly in this sloppily written script, which relies on grotesque violence instead of a coherent plot. Contact Music
2.5
This is one brutal and violent film, heads exploding from automatic weapons fire, wounds weeping open and gushing gore as knives turns torsos into tri .. Film Racket
2.0
Perhaps its Arnold Schwarzenegger.His is a major presence in any undertaking, but presence is not quite the same thing as acting, and Arnold is given .. Killer Movie Reviews
2.0
Were it not for the point blank domings, its Mexican cantina finale could easily pass for a Jimmy Kimmel spoof. The Filmy Ap
3.0
That jibes perfectly with late career Schwarzeneggers onscreen persona, the man overwhelmed with grief and regret. The Dissolve
2.5
Sabotage Synopsis Arnold Schwarzenegger stars in this action thriller as the head of an elite DEA task force assigned to take on some of the most vici .. Movie Web
3.0
Its not enough to redeem the disaster of a first act, but its an undeniably satisfying conclusion. Cinemix Tape
3.5
The supposedly powerful men collapse under the weight of confusion and fear while Mireille Enos just keeps on trucking; its a bit like the plot of Ali .. Crave Online
2.0
As an aside, Sabotage is also a film that happily lingers on extremely graphic disembowelments, yet cant get out of the room fast enough when Arnie is .. Scots Man
0.5
Sabotage is a cynical piece of trash that thinks its smarter than it is. Scene Stealers
2.0
But that narrative structure, at once overcomplicated and streamlined through sheer force of forward momentum, matches with its aesthetic construction .. Movie Mezzanine
1.9
Anybody got a bar of soap Hand it over. Ive got a movie here that needs its mouth washed out. Seattle Times
3.5
Safe to say this is the most violent film Schwarzenegger has ever been a part of, although its not nearly as torturous as Jingle All the Way.
2.0
You know fun.Think the exact opposite of that and youll be in the right mindset for Sabotage, an exceedingly dreary and uninteresting revenge/whodunit .. From The Balcony
3.0
Bound to turn off many for multiple reasons, Ayer has created a mainstream anomaly in a concerted effort to make an entertaining film with evident tho .. Ion Cinema
3.0
If youve seen the trailer, youve seen a better film than the one playing in theaters. Movie Mom
2.0
The governators latest has more plot holes than the dozens of bullet riddled bodies that inhabit this ridiculous story. Tri City Herald
3.0
But over the long haul, Schwarzeneggers 80s schtick has felt woefully outdated. Daily Star
4.5
As a collective group, I cant say enough about their physicality and tactical military precision.
2.5
If you like movies, youve seen a bunch of Ah nuld movies youve liked.But you can miss this movie in good conscience. Theepoch Times
3.8
Clever in many respects, with a finale that sinks to silliness, Sabotage is much more than a vehicle for Arnold Schwarzenegger. Qc Times
1.0
And even Scott never worked with a script this leaky and distractible. Grant Land
2.0
It also boasts one hell of an ensemble cast for a seemingly generic action thriller, which is why its so disappointing that thats exactly what Sabotag .. Blog Bullz Eye
2.0
Even the surprise ending is not enough to make this mystery thriller worthwhile.Its just one dumb action scene after another. Movie Chambers
3.0
But once youve got a handle on where Ayers (deluded) head is theres plenty to guiltily savour most of it unintentional in a revenge yarn that unspools .. Sky
4.5
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3.0
...just as Sabotage settles into any kind of character groove, it devolves into more generic action, more silly shocks and a twist ending thats as ant .. Metro Times
2.0
While Sabotage boasts the best of post hiatus Arnie, Training Day writer and End of Watch director David Ayer fails to deliver. Little White Lies
2.0
Instead we have a terribly generic action thriller with more holes in the plot than youll see at a golf course. Hey U Guys
3.1
The notion of Vietnam as quagmire is literalized in this stunning 1981 action suspense film. Commercial Appeal
2.0
Nasty, mean, and appallingly violent at times, Sabotage is like a bloodier version of the entire Cannon Films catalog.
3.2
While the movie is clearly supposed to be an action flick its dramatic pull is what makes it work and often the over the top action sequences can actu .. Flixist
1.5
The whodunit loses its mystery within the first twenty minutes, and youre just left twiddling your thumbs, waiting for the inevitable to happen. Mid Day
1.0
I get that hes played a much darker individual than usual, but Schwarzenegger doesnt pull it off and his characters motivations are left unclear until .. Alternative Lens
3.0
Rarely has a non horror movie lavished as much attention on viscera and entrails; the only times brains enter the picture are from head wounds. Oc Register
3.1
A cinematic landmark of relentless kinetic energy and visceral excitement (and my hands down favorite film of all of 2012), The Raid is such a literal .. The Movie Report
1.3
Say what you want about Sabotage, but it is a movie that is honest about what it is. Dc5
0.5
Arnies macho crew are such an obnoxious bunch of meatheads and that goes, too, for Mireille Enos, its lone women member that you will struggle to care .. Movie Talk
3.0
Theres something deliriously subversive about how proudly Sabotage wields its R rating. And while its too clumsy to be good, it does tie together in w .. Zaki's Corner
1.5
The story boasts a dramatic personae of larger than life characters that are physically imposing but have little by way of personality. Times of Malta
1.0
Sabotage is nothing more than an excuse for Arnold the AARPster to throw his weight around, bludgeoning us with equal parts of carnage and deathly bor ..
2.0
Director David Ayer has made two of the best films about the tough lives of cops Training Day and End of Watch but his streak ends with the very viole .. Fort Worth Star-Telegram/D ..
4.5
And its just about impossible to imagine the 80s and 90s without Ah nold movies. Gq
1.3
Refreshingly, despite the ever present sunglasses and cigar chomping, Schwarzeneggers character isnt the invincible, gung ho war machine hes accustome .. Deep Focus Review
4.5
He kicks butt, he cracks wise; hes pretty much business as usual. Cross Walk
0.5
Gross and off putting, a luridly gritty crime drama populated by sleazy characters (including the alleged good guys) and marked by a casual disregard ..
1.5
I mean theres backstabbing, trickery, and brutal violence, but no one actually sabotages anything!
2.0
Dialogue is over ludicrous (pity poor Manganiello, who cant supply conviction to the films worst line).



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