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The Viral Factor has not been reviewed by Broad National Press
Neil Genzlinger, New York Times: WEAK "...wants to be both an action movie and a soap opera. But the merging of the two genres by Dante Lam, a director based in Hong Kong, is clumsy, and so is the film." (Read the full review...) 201 words, 01/20/12 Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: MODERATE "Lam is clearly working a John Woo vibe here... [but] there's little of Woo's instinctual feel for where mayhem and melodrama intersect." (Read the full review...) 235 words, 01/20/12 Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice/LA Weekly: FAIR "...just about everything that can happen in an action movie does happen... This does not make it good drama... but it helps keep it from being boring." (Read the full review...) 228 words, 01/18/12 Stephen Cole, Toronto Globe & Mail: MODERATE (cg) "...one wishes director Dante Lam ('The Beast Stalker') could have at least had some giddy fun smashing all his toys around.... tediously overwrought and drably made..." (Read the full review...) 357 words, 01/20/12 Phil Brown, Toronto Now: WEAK (cg) "...boasts some stunningly crafted, mostly CGI-free action sequences. Unfortunately, whenever the bullets and bloodshed slow down long enough for characters to interact, the film falls apart." (Read the full review...) 191 words, 01/19/12
Mark Jenkins, Washington Post: VERY GOOD (cg) "...features an elaborate framing device, a young girl in danger, outlaws motivated primarily by family loyalty and an over-complicated plot that, incredibly, pays off." (Read the full review...) 309 words, 01/20/12 Tom Long, Detroit News: GOOD (cg) "Director Dante Lam is John Woo via Michael Bay; he doesn't want to win you over, he wants to beat you up and make you crazy. And for all its silliness, 'The Viral Factor' does just that." (Read the full review...) 322 words, 03/09/12
Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice/LA Weekly: FAIR "...just about everything that can happen in an action movie does happen... This does not make it good drama... but it helps keep it from being boring." (Read the full review...) 228 words, 01/18/12 Brett Michel, Boston Phoenix: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...gets the job done from a run-and-gun standpoint.... Yes, standard stuff, but Jay Chou and Nicholas Tse have the chops for this brand of sake." (Read the full review...) 160 words, 01/19/12 Nick Schager, Slant: WEAK (cg) "...cares only for stock tropes and devices... a drama that, given every dilemma's obvious upbeat and/or faux-tragic outcome, is nothing more than a transparent put-on." (Read the full review...) 412 words, 01/18/12 Phil Brown, Toronto Now: WEAK (cg) "...boasts some stunningly crafted, mostly CGI-free action sequences. Unfortunately, whenever the bullets and bloodshed slow down long enough for characters to interact, the film falls apart." (Read the full review...) 191 words, 01/19/12
Neil Genzlinger, New York Times: WEAK "...wants to be both an action movie and a soap opera. But the merging of the two genres by Dante Lam, a director based in Hong Kong, is clumsy, and so is the film." (Read the full review...) 201 words, 01/20/12 Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: MODERATE "Lam is clearly working a John Woo vibe here... [but] there's little of Woo's instinctual feel for where mayhem and melodrama intersect." (Read the full review...) 235 words, 01/20/12
Maggie Lee, Daily Variety: VERY GOOD "Globetrotting, gun toting, car chases, explosions... has all the action-junkie goods and then some, including the most jaw-dropping scenes of plummeting in recent Hong Kong stunt choreography." (Read the full review...) 909 words, 01/20/12 Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: MODERATE "Lam is clearly working a John Woo vibe here... [but] there's little of Woo's instinctual feel for where mayhem and melodrama intersect." (Read the full review...) 235 words, 01/20/12 Neil Genzlinger, New York Times: WEAK "...wants to be both an action movie and a soap opera. But the merging of the two genres by Dante Lam, a director based in Hong Kong, is clumsy, and so is the film." (Read the full review...) 201 words, 01/20/12
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