Flicks, Travis Johnson
Brash, brutal and smart enough to wink at the audience, Boss Level is a gratuitously bloody popcorner that never pushes the boundaries of the action idiom, but should please genre-savvy fans just the same.
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Boss Level
On the day of his death, a retired special forces officer discovers he's trapped in a never-ending time loop in this action sci-fi from the director of The A-Team. Stars Mel Gibson, Naomi Watts and Frank Grillo (The Purge: Anarchy).
2020Rating: R16, Violence & offensive language100 minsUSA
ActionScience Fiction
- Director:
- Joe Carnahan ('The Grey', 'The A-Team', 'Smokin' Aces')
- Writer:
- Joe CarnahanEddie BoreyChris Borey
- Cast:
- Frank GrilloMel GibsonNaomi WattsWill SassoMichelle YeohAnnabelle WallisKen Jeong
Boss Level / Reviews
Variety
By the time you're a quarter of the way through it you're thinking, "Why hasn't anyone done this before?"
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Boss Level takes a well-worn gag and injects energy, showing the genre is still a game worth playing.
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IndieWire
With no pixels in sight, Grillo gives Boss Level the thing most videogame movie riffs lack: a pulse.
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The New York Times
An increasingly tedious amount of repetitive violence played for laughs...
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RogerEbert.com
Boss Level compensates for its overstuffed scenario and relentless derivativeness... with concentrated fast pacing and breakneck action.
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Chicago Sun-Times
Time to wake up to Frank Grillo's star power. The charismatic supporting player... takes centre stage in this entertaining time loop thriller.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Sometimes you need a little bit of fun, and "Boss Level" delivers.
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Sydney Morning Herald
If the cast is above average, so is some of the humour, although dark doesn't quite describe it. Dark and red might be closer.
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Stuff
Proving there is no idea so good it can't be improved by adding more explosions and car chases.
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