Village Voice: In suspense films about confinement, characters may be kidnapped or tortured, but the real captive is the viewer. We're stuck in our seats, powerless against manipulated time and repeated turnabouts, eager, or at least morbidly curious, participants.
Ad Vitam Review: This movie 5 is a frustrating watch. It begins slowly, gets ludicrously silly, but never settles on a footing. Action is forgettable, the story feels like patched-together cliches from greater action movies and performances are lacklustre.
TNS: The first Resident Evil movie is a remnant of a bygone era, but even that unique virulent strain of action horror has its upsides.
George R. R. Martin's In the Lost Lands forms the loose background of Paul W. S. Anderson's next fantasy action movie
