Michael Mann and Chris Hemsworth are not an idea match for this project and material.

| Feb 10, 2024

... the film has surprisingly aged quite [...] This one has a strong script and directing that is as expected from Mann, directing that works, knows how to get the results needed, and has a bit of flare.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 28, 2023

"Blackhat" is a movie built around a good idea and strengthened by some fantastic pulse-pounding action. But ultimately it sinks due to its tiresome, long-winded story. Even the ever likable Chris Hemsworth can't help it.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 19, 2022

The film is best in its tangible moments between characters, whether those moments involve realistic violence, intimate romance, or characters brooding in solemn singularity, all of which are dependable tropes in Mann's engaging brand of cinema.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 12, 2022

If you're not a hardcore Mann fan (would the proper portmanteau of "Mann" and "devotee" be "Mannatee"?), it's entirely possible you might not even notice the differences, but it feels like a sleeker and more organic narrative in this incarnation.

| Sep 10, 2021

Mann can stage a heart pounding action scene, and pulls off a couple of them here that spice things up when the movie starts to run a bit slow, but at 133 minutes the whole movie feels in need of a reboot.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 2, 2021

Tiresome CG visualization of data transferring between computers twinkles repetitively and music swells while the camera focuses on button keystrokes and scrolling code.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Dec 4, 2020

It would be better seen as a satire of Mann's own method, where the details and processes of criminality make way for the machinations of a plot run amuck.

| Original Score: B- | Jul 16, 2020

Unfortunately for audiences, "Blackhat" is a dull, drab affair that, while occasionally slick, with a few moments of nice tension, carries little more than that to recommend it.

| Original Score: C- | Jul 7, 2020

[A] melodramatic chore that packs little to no punch.

| Apr 10, 2020

Although slow in pace, Blackhat delivers uniquely intense scenes and one incredibly shocking moment, but blatantly disregards details any audience would notice.

| Original Score: 4.9/10 | Nov 12, 2019

When Blackhat is good, it is very very good-seriously, that climax tho. But when Blackhat is bad, it is as bad as "what if Jason Bourne was a computer programmer" sounds.

| Original Score: C | Jul 30, 2019

A return to visual form for the aesthetically inclined auteur... [but] the film is littered with schlocky convenience, instances of miscasting despite committed performances, and, worst of all, it's uniformly dull.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jul 10, 2019

The plot is elegantly unravelled by Mann's masterful hand, but the characters and their relationships are too lightweight to balance. Mesmerising and disappointing in equal measure.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 16, 2019

It's still early in the year, but Blackhat's careless, convoluted script and lazy performances could easily earn it a spot on the list of worst movies of 2015.

| Original Score: F | May 10, 2019

It's ugly, but purposefully so. Mann shoots his characters like they're a ragtag band of warriors... It's both dizzying and disorienting; creating an urgency that's maintained throughout the lengthy run time.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 4, 2019

Unfortunately, the sluggish Blackhat is another stiff serving of the cyber-techno crime genre that is becoming so awkwardly prevalent in modern-day synthetic actioners.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Nov 10, 2018

Arrives with such a resounding thud that one feels compelled to start a forensic investigation before the closing credits have even rolled.

| Original Score: D | Nov 2, 2018

"Blackhat" is perfect if you're suffering from insomnia.

| Original Score: 0.5/4 | Aug 21, 2018

Blackhat still manages to deliver the action while avoiding most major action frustrations.

| Aug 21, 2018