Tokarev 2014

Kyle Smith, New York Post: A dopey mob thriller about an ex-killer turned real estate developer trying to find his daughter's murderers. Read more

Rex Reed, New York Observer: A shabby waste of time from beginning to end. Read more

Justin Chang, Variety: Piles on the foreign accents and paint-by-numbers brutality, all served up with a grim, operatic self-seriousness that gives Cage's antihero little room to maneuver. Read more

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, AV Club: Rage has knife fights, foot chases, car chases, point-blank shotgun blasts, and Peter Stormare as a wheelchair-bound Irish mobster-and somehow manages to make them all seem dull. Read more

Tom Long, Detroit News: It's hard to say this is the worst film Nicolas Cage has ever made - there are just too many contenders to choose from. But it's near the bottom. Read more

Jonathan Holland, Hollywood Reporter: A heightened, cartoonishly violent tale of fatherly retribution that's totally implausible but nonetheless fun. Read more

Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: The latest in a parade of cheesy, derivative action-thrillers that erstwhile A-list actor Nicolas Cage has recently starred in, presumably as a quick cash grab. Read more

Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: This is unapologetically low-quality filmmaking, from the stiff screenplay to the crudely brutal fight scenes to the choppy editing. Read more

Nicolas Rapold, New York Times: The hand-me-down showiness and sluggish storytelling by the director, Paco Cabezas, underline the monotony in this ordinary revenge thriller. Read more

David Hiltbrand, Philadelphia Inquirer: There isn't an original frame or line of dialogue in Rage. Read more

Scott Bowles, USA Today: Rage is so full of cliche, convention and just plain odd narrative choices that it can't get out of its own way. Read more

Alan Scherstuhl, Village Voice: Rage offers exactly what you think a Nic Cage movie called Rage would, except maybe for continually inspired lunacy. Read more

Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine/Vulture: Cage may not always be easy on the eyes, but at his best, you can't turn away from him, because you never really know what he'll do next. But here, the actor plays it drab and dour. Read more