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41 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe result is a solid entry in the Clancy screen canon — gritty, briskly paced, laced with vigorously choreographed fight scenes, explosive weapons action and twisty political intrigue that seems prescient as it taps into the most strained period in U.S.-Russian relations since the Cold War.
- 60Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzArizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzWithout Remorse is neither a classic nor a failure; it falls somewhere in-between. But like Kelly on a seemingly doomed mission, there’s Jordan, giving it all he’s got to save the day.
- 55TheWrapAlonso DuraldeTheWrapAlonso DuraldeIt’s a stolidly 80s action movie, from its Russian villains to its third-act plot twist that can be seen from space, but it’s lucky to have Michael B. Jordan giving an actual performance in what could have been an even more generic shoot-em-up.
- 50Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattEntertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattVengeance is wrought without remorse and even less sense. The only sure thing, judging by the promise of a post-credits scene, is a sequel.
- 50ScreenCrushMatt SingerScreenCrushMatt SingerThe movie around Jordan is just like Kelly himself: Cold, detached, and brutal.
- 42The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerThe A.V. ClubJesse HassengerThe movie’s attempts at ruthless pulp manipulation don’t land; cruelly offing a character whose entire personality is “pregnant” is a cheap bid for John Wick stakes.
- 42IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichWithout Remorse doesn’t understand the role it’s meant to serve as the foundation of a potential franchise. It’s a movie locked in a tedious custody battle between legacy and potential, too safe to whet appetites for what’s to come while also too sequel-oriented to stand on its own two legs.
- 40The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawThere’s not much real spark to it.
- 38RogerEbert.comOdie HendersonRogerEbert.comOdie HendersonThis is one of those super-convoluted conspiracy theory movies where nothing makes sense and you simply stop caring. Saviors show up inexplicably at just the right time. People come off as evil for the sole purpose of misleading us. There’s no character development, a lot of patriotic posturing and the villain gives a lecture that must have been written before they cast a Black actor as its recipient. Despite endless gunfire and a lot of shit blowing up, most of the action sequences fail to quicken the pulse.
- 25Slant MagazineMark HansonSlant MagazineMark HansonThe film is a disastrous amalgamation of modern-day tech-savvy thrills and Clancy’s conservative expressions of patriotism.