It might be so incredibly terrible that it's too bad to ever become a "so-bad-it's-good" guilty pleasure and cult favorite.

| Original Score: 0/5 | Feb 16, 2024

Once and awhile, it's nice to have a movie stick around for exactly the right amount of time.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Feb 10, 2022

The real shame is that Jackson and Tommila have a prickly chemistry together, and it would have been special had it not been in a movie that sucked quite as hard.

| Feb 13, 2020

With tongue buried so firmly in cheek that it's in danger of burrowing out the other side, Big Game is a good ol'-fashioned "so bad it's brilliant" B-movie.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 10, 2019

The genuine sense of camaraderie between the two grounds "Big Game" so that when the film goes big - there's an aerial battle fought in and around a helicopter - there are no questions asked.

| Nov 15, 2018

A bad movie is still a bad movie, no matter how enjoyable; Big Game is merely the best a bad movie can be.

| Oct 11, 2017

It's quite a fun ride and will be inspiring for pre-teen boys who need heroes other than the comic-book kind.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 20, 2017

Big Game offers audiences an uncomplicated, affectionate and entertaining homage to the action-adventure of cinema past.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 17, 2017

Without the unusual Finnish elements, this would have been a far more mundane Game.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 13, 2016

Sometimes, one needs well-made, mindless entertainment in the middle of the summer, and Big Game delivers just that -- joyous, senseless entertainment without making you feel like you've just had a lobotomy.

| Mar 1, 2016

The black humor of Big Game's implausibility wonderfully complements the usually over-wrought notion of a terrorist attack.

| Original Score: C+ | Feb 22, 2016

Everything that is good about Big Game can be summed up in two words and one letter -- Samuel L Jackson.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 30, 2015

The ensuing action is reliably ridiculous, but Tommila's plucky boy and Jackson's hapless president make an amusing double act.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 20, 2015

The ensuing action-adventure may promise more than it ultimately delivers but remains fun for long periods.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 26, 2015

"Big Game" won't be reinventing the wheel or anything else any time soon, but there is a certain amiableness to its slick, no-nonsense, unapologetic adherence to formula.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 24, 2015

There's an specious, death-defying maniacal glee afoot in this outlandish outdoors thriller. Big Game is a foreigner's vision of American conspiracy theory run amok.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 10, 2015

This is one of Jackson's best performances in years -- his POTUS is just self-aware enough to be fun instead of stuffy. And the kid's not bad either.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 9, 2015

The story penned by Helander with Petri Jokiranta goes heavy on the hokum, not to mention the CGI fireworks, but a dialled-down Jackson and a fired-up Tommila make for an entertaining pair.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 9, 2015

An old-school boys' adventure story [that's] absurdly outlandish but ridiculously enjoyable.

| Original Score: B | Jul 9, 2015

A ridiculous, escapist action-adventure, destined for popularity on the Netflix queue.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Jul 6, 2015