Unlocked

"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."

"Apted ... brings nothing fresh to the formula besides the minor innovation of dropping an action heroine into a male-dominated field."

"It 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."

"Michael 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."

"The movie becomes a relentless series of fake-outs and reversals, as if half a season of 24 had been compressed into under two hours."

"I 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."

"A straight-ahead political thriller that fails to ratchet up the requisite tension despite its timely subject matter and (largely) effective cast."

"Neither good enough to justify the talents on display nor bad enough to at least make it perversely memorable."

"Staid and formulaic, though well-executed."