The critic consesnsus is: Though enhanced by cramped, gritty camerawork, this unsettling look at violence and revenge lacks the provocative edge needed to give it a substantial kick.. What reviews supported this critic consensus?
1. The whole thing leaves a bad taste in your mouth.
2. In a swift 86 minutes, director Meadows and co-writer/star Considine give us a methodical, handsome, emotionally intelligent version of the revenge flick.
3. Startlingly powerful, slightly loopy take on the revenge flick . . . offers a wry authenticity that the too-stylish, tough guys and gals in Tarantino's wanna-be-epics of retribution can't exude.
4. Isn't a mess, but it's sure no competition for Winchester 73, Once Upon a Time in the West or even Kill Bill, films in which payback really is a bitch.
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6. An original, complex, and utterly gruesome revenge parable...
7. Though Meadows makes a lot of it, he mucks it up before it's over.
8. Film plays as a quirky Brit riff on everything from U.S. slasher pics to revenge oaters but without Meadows' usual psychological complexity.
9. What's intriguing is that Meadows makes us identify with these small-time hoods, even as he's setting up their executions.
10. The film is further proof that revenge, even when served as a cold dish as this is, ends up being far too chewy for a satisfying movie meal