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Avg. Critic Score: 19 out of 100 Generally unfavorable reviews Metascore® based on all critic reviews
Information for Parents:
16 Not for kids 17 and under
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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 60
    Los Angeles Times | Manohla Dargis

    There's no defense for movies like these, but neither do they warrant apology; they're irresistibly watchable, like car wrecks. Read full review

  • 50
    Entertainment Weekly | Bruce Fretts

    Kaos was apparently aiming for a coolly stylized, straight-faced take on ''Spy vs. Spy.'' As Maxwell Smart used to say, ''Missed it by that much.'' Read full review

  • 25
    USA Today | Mike Clark

    This is a movie in which you rarely know where you are or who's doing what to the next person. Read full review

  • 20
    Variety | Robert Koehler

    Remote, non-involving and finally incomprehensible. Read full review

  • 12
    Boston Globe | Wesley Morris

    Banderas slums through this dollar-bin action flick wearing the same look of wiped-out exasperation that Danny Glover's Sergeant Murtaugh sports in each installment of ''Lethal Weapon.'' And like Murtaugh, Banderas might be too old for this, too. Read full review

  • 12
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    The movie is a chaotic mess, overloaded with special effects and explosions, light on continuity, sanity and coherence. Read full review

  • 10
    Washington Post | Desson Thomson

    This movie pulls out so many bad-action-movie cliches, you wonder if this is a how-not-to primer. Read full review

  • 10
    Washington Post | Stephen Hunter

    You could run this film backward, soundtrack included, and it would make no less sense. --It's almost completely uninvolving, as well as being impenetrable. Read full review

  • 10
    The New York Times | A.O. Scott

    The film isn't even as good as the second-rate game it is based on, which is nothing but a shootout. Read full review

  • 0
    San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle

    Movies don't get much worse. Read full review

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Information for Parents
Common Sense Media says Not for kids 17 and under This explosion movie is a complete bomb.
What Parents Need to Know Parents need to know that this movie has constant graphic violence and brief strong language. The only real strength of the movie is its portrayal of minorities and women as strong, smart, brave, loyal, and honest.
  • Families can talk about whether a movie is good just because it has explosions and action scenes. Are some action movies better than this one, and if so, why? Did you connect with either of the main characters, and if not, did you care? Does strong character development draw you more into a story?
What to watch for
  • violence false4 Violence: Very intense peril and violence, many deaths.
  • sex false0 Sex: Not an issue
  • language false3 Language: Some strong language, less than most R's.
  • consumerism false0 Consumerism: Not an issue
  • drugsalcoholtobacco false3 Drinking, drugs and smoking: Drinking and smoking, reference to drug use.
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