The Rhythm Section's reviews
Media reviews
The Guardian
It is meant to be seen on a million long-haul flights, but it works perfectly well as a thriller
Empire
Twenty years ago, this could have happened through decent commercial cinema; but, in 2020, it seems too simplistic and it is his lack of sophistication that definitely causes him to lose his rhythm
Variety
The plot of this female thriller of revenge may be a cliché, but Blake Lively manages to sell it, playing an action hero who fights like a real person: bad
Screen Daily
A disconcerting hybrid between 'Nikita' and 'The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo' ... as long as these deadly murderers were infuriatingly inept and in constant need of being rescued by their male mentors
The Wrap
Take a very popular genre material and take away all the substance and naivety, leaving only an underdeveloped plot, an empty character and a totally undeserved sense of seriousness
The Hollywood Reporter
Blake Lively wears so many wigs that the fights begin to remind a sketch of the Carol Burnett show. It is one of the many involuntarily comic aspects of the movie
Chicago Sun-Times
Just when it has apparently reached the limits of stupidity, a romance blooms suddenly and meaninglessly, even within the totally absurd world of history
New York Post
His name is Bond. Jane Bond (...) the result comes with the full power of a mixed martini, but not agitated, but without alcohol