Stylistically the film is a bit of a mess, frontloading with all sorts of showy technique but then settling down into a more talky, actor-dominated approach.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Stylistically the film is a bit of a mess, frontloading with all sorts of showy technique but then settling down into a more talky, actor-dominated approach.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Lucas and Howard's often-dark adventure is still an enjoyable sword-and-sorcery tale.

~ Stephen Carty -

Lucas and Howard's often-dark adventure is still an enjoyable sword-and-sorcery tale.

~ Stephen Carty -

Cruise, doing many of his own stunts, owns the territory with stellar charisma.

~ Richard Mowe -

Cruise, doing many of his own stunts, owns the territory with stellar charisma.

~ Richard Mowe -

Cruise, the cheesy soundtrack and the stunning aerial photography that marks out its combat scenes are its three main selling points.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Cruise, the cheesy soundtrack and the stunning aerial photography that marks out its combat scenes are its three main selling points.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Another victim of the style over substance genre.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Another victim of the style over substance genre.

~ Scott Macdonald -

There are a number of familiar horror tropes here but they intersect in ways you might not expect.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There are a number of familiar horror tropes here but they intersect in ways you might not expect.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Despite some dodgy plotholes and remarkable coincidences, the film is genuinely exciting.

~ Andrea Mullaney -

Despite some dodgy plotholes and remarkable coincidences, the film is genuinely exciting.

~ Andrea Mullaney -

Some films need to be watched alone. This is one of them.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Some films need to be watched alone. This is one of them.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The film looks wonderful, but suffers from its own ambition.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The film looks wonderful, but suffers from its own ambition.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

As a directorial debut, the film is patchy, but intense.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

As a directorial debut, the film is patchy, but intense.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

If there's a wish for more in Palo Alto, it's largely because what is here works so well.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

If there's a wish for more in Palo Alto, it's largely because what is here works so well.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The Missing is an entertaining film, but it feels overlong at 130 minutes and Maggie is so saintly and cold that it's hard to fully engage with her.

~ David Haviland -

The Missing is an entertaining film, but it feels overlong at 130 minutes and Maggie is so saintly and cold that it's hard to fully engage with her.

~ David Haviland -

Plotting is afoot, so that the spirit of the Eighties is embraced and royally sent up.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Plotting is afoot, so that the spirit of the Eighties is embraced and royally sent up.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Usually with a comedy you're lucky to get one genuine laugh-out-loud moment. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang has at least half a dozen.

~ Steve Harwood -

Usually with a comedy you're lucky to get one genuine laugh-out-loud moment. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang has at least half a dozen.

~ Steve Harwood -

Mann’s film is a stone-cold masterpiece.

~ Stephen Carty -

Mann’s film is a stone-cold masterpiece.

~ Stephen Carty -

Fawns completes the troika with a ringing emotional pop.

~ Paul Griffiths -

Fawns completes the troika with a ringing emotional pop.

~ Paul Griffiths -

Stone emphasises the loss of innocence to an extent beyond credibility.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Stone emphasises the loss of innocence to an extent beyond credibility.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The incomparable Denzel Washington gives another of his thoughtful, sensitive performances that carries a surplus of the dignity gene.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The incomparable Denzel Washington gives another of his thoughtful, sensitive performances that carries a surplus of the dignity gene.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

No film by Herzog has ever been so defiantly mainstream – and yet at the same time this remains one of the director's craziest, most outlandish affairs.

~ Anton Bitel -

No film by Herzog has ever been so defiantly mainstream – and yet at the same time this remains one of the director's craziest, most outlandish affairs.

~ Anton Bitel -