A quietly intense, and grippingly atmospheric piece that displays extraordinary character depth and a natural talent for action and crime dramas on Kusama’s part.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 14, 2024

The twists and turns in this mystery-thriller would be enough for us to recommend it. Splendid performances by Kidman and Stan seal the deal.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Mar 20, 2022

Its not only an amazingly crafted story-line. Its the way Kusama shows Erin Bells transformation. Destroyer is undoubtedly one of the best pictures that talk about morality and its lack, revenge, and mental state of ones mind.

| Original Score: A- | Feb 13, 2022

Episode 28: Piercing / Monsters and Men / Thunder Road / Destroyer

| Original Score: 82/100 | Sep 9, 2021

A sun-scorched, store damaged, furious street rant on the ways we destroy others, but more on the ways we let ourselves be destroyed.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 30, 2021

On paper, Destroyer is your standard cop drama, but it's elevated by a superb performance by Kidman and storytelling that remains focused on the human cost of police work instead of any particular case.

| Mar 29, 2021

Kusama manages the neat trick of keeping her storytelling clear enough to understand, but tricky enough to hold off on some crucial information.

| Original Score: B+ | Feb 4, 2021

Destroyer should have been satisfyingly better than what we got. It deserved more based on Kusama's previous record of Jennifer's Body and The Invitation. Kidman keeps the interest levels high enough, but it's not sufficient to save it in a mix-bag affair

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 27, 2020

The breadcrumbs never really feel like they're adding up to anything and the mystery, such as there is one, is largely unengaging.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 16, 2020

Nicole Kidman may well be the first performer to deserve Oscars for both Best Actress and Best Supporting actress - for the same role in the same movie.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 27, 2020

Is it hollow? Maybe a little. Uneven? Sure. But it's also hypnotic, and it's ultimately worth the wait.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 26, 2020

It suffers from the conventions of cop films. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 6/10 | Jul 24, 2020

The best crime films find the current of humanity that runs beneath the surface of the action and the gritty atmosphere, and that's where Destroyer delivers.

| Jul 24, 2020

Nicole Kidman goes through the procedural motions in a bad wig. Gritty, well executed, but nothing else there.

| Feb 6, 2020

Los Angeles - especially its crumbling eastern sprawl - serves as an evocative backdrop, with cinematographer Julie Kirkwood capturing its shades of pink and beige as the sun hits the sand and concrete.

| Sep 25, 2019

It sounds like a rote rote cop [movie], but the way that Karyn Kusama puts a spin on it: [Destroyer] is really about a woman who cannot deal with her own mistakes... I thought that this film had a real heaviness to it.

| Sep 13, 2019

A largely thrilling endeavor that'll play well in television reruns, but may never find a stronger audience than that.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 17, 2019

Interesting, intriguing and different, Destroyer has mystery, action and incredible acting.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jul 3, 2019

"You look terrible," her ex-boss tactlessly informs LAPD detective Erin Bell (Nicole Kidman). He's not wrong.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 23, 2019

It is a conventional thriller, that progressively provides nuances of intense existential drama due to the chameleonic interpretation of Nicole Kidman in the role of Erin Bell. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Jun 18, 2019