La proie 2011

Manohla Dargis, New York Times: It's no insult to say that it doesn't aspire to art-house significance, just to white-knuckled entertainment. Read more

Rex Reed, New York Observer: A slick, suspenseful adrenalin rush disguised as unexpected, nerve-wracking fun. Read more

Tom Keogh, Seattle Times: [A] sharp if dramatically underwhelming French thriller ... Read more

Peter Keough, Boston Globe: Loopy, dumb, and entertaining ... Read more

Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: Like a bullet train, the French thriller "The Prey" is a model of breathless efficiency, its stuffed cargo of chases, brawls and twists delivered with admirable speed. Read more

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: Deftly strips away the phoniness of a big-budget studio production. Read more

Farran Smith Nehme, New York Post: It's watchable but absolutely no big deal, although you wouldn't know that from the drum-heavy score, so loud and militaristic that someone could reuse it for a documentary about the Battle of the Bulge. Read more

Anna Smith, Time Out: A film that might, in America, star Jason Statham or even Steven Seagal. Read more

David Fear, Time Out: The closer we get to a climax (and the more that absurd reversals keep getting piled on), the less effective Dupontel's brutish charisma is in keeping things interesting and afloat. Read more

Rob Staeger, Village Voice: If the thrills it yields are expected ones, the pleasure in the formula remains. Read more