Dmytryk keeps it all ticking along nicely with the assurance of an old pro, while giving all the central relationships and subtler nuances room to breathe.

~ Jeff Robson -

Dmytryk keeps it all ticking along nicely with the assurance of an old pro, while giving all the central relationships and subtler nuances room to breathe.

~ Jeff Robson -

The tension escalates well in the first half; it slackens a bit later, but by then the film has had time to develop its broader themes and introduce different types of existential threat.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The tension escalates well in the first half; it slackens a bit later, but by then the film has had time to develop its broader themes and introduce different types of existential threat.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Lee is on top form as the wild-eyed, cold-hearted villain, approaching black magic with a steely rationality that almost makes it seem like science.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Lee is on top form as the wild-eyed, cold-hearted villain, approaching black magic with a steely rationality that almost makes it seem like science.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Fuller directs as though McCoy was painting a work of art, so slowly, and lovingly, his camera captures the action.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Fuller directs as though McCoy was painting a work of art, so slowly, and lovingly, his camera captures the action.

~ Scott Macdonald -

A taut little noir with well drawn characters brought to life by some of the outstanding talents of the era.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A taut little noir with well drawn characters brought to life by some of the outstanding talents of the era.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film has style, created as much by Max Greene’s atmospheric camerawork as Widmark’s bravura acting.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The film has style, created as much by Max Greene’s atmospheric camerawork as Widmark’s bravura acting.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Widmark steals the film. He epitomises the unpredictability and vicious mood swings of a natural born killer and is quite mesmerizing.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Widmark steals the film. He epitomises the unpredictability and vicious mood swings of a natural born killer and is quite mesmerizing.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

A genuinely enjoyable jaunt.

~ Merlin Harries -

A genuinely enjoyable jaunt.

~ Merlin Harries -