
Empire Magazine
Spies, terrorists, remote-controlled bombs... Unlocked's components are all too familiar, and it doesn't put nearly enough effort into making them feel fresh.
Full reviewNoomi Rapace (Prometheus) and Orlando Bloom (The Lord of the Rings) must stop a biological attack on London in this CIA thriller from the director of The World is Not Enough. Co-stars John Malkovich, Michael Douglas and Toni Collette.
Spies, terrorists, remote-controlled bombs... Unlocked's components are all too familiar, and it doesn't put nearly enough effort into making them feel fresh.
Full reviewApted ... brings nothing fresh to the formula besides the minor innovation of dropping an action heroine into a male-dominated field.
Full reviewIt doesn't break much in the way of new ground, but that isn't exactly the point - it rattles along and Apted tackles it with gusto.
Full reviewMichael Apted's efficient but unstylish film has only a prestigious cast of supporting slummers - Michael Douglas, Toni Collette, John Malkovich - to distinguish it from a "Spooks"-style TV outing.
Full reviewThe movie becomes a relentless series of fake-outs and reversals, as if half a season of 24 had been compressed into under two hours.
Full reviewI suppose this went down easily enough for me because I grew up with this kind of stuff, and can surrender to it as a kind of cinematic comfort food. But still.
Full reviewA straight-ahead political thriller that fails to ratchet up the requisite tension despite its timely subject matter and (largely) effective cast.
Full reviewNeither good enough to justify the talents on display nor bad enough to at least make it perversely memorable.
Full reviewUnlocked is available to stream in Australia now on Google Play and Prime Video and Apple TV and Foxtel and Prime Video Store.
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