Stretches [Efron's] range and physical endurance far beyond anything his fans ever dreamed of.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 31, 2022

If only the film itself rose to Efron's extreme level of his commitment.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 11, 2022

[Efron is] good, as anyone’s who been paying attention should expect. Beyond that, it’s a somewhat arid exercise.

| Mar 11, 2022

Efron delivers an engaging performance and rises to the occasion of being in every scene, and alone for about half of the film.... This "Gold" is worth discovering.

| Mar 10, 2022

Efron gives his all to the depiction of a deadly waiting game, delivering a stark, staggering performance in a film peppered with several moments of genuine intrigue.

| Original Score: B- | Mar 10, 2022

Theres no missing the message that were in a dog-eat-dog world. But were shown an actual dog eating a dog just in case.

| Original Score: C | Mar 10, 2022

No, this is not Zac Efron's The Revenant and he wont be winning any Oscars, but the guy did roll around in the hot sand and had flies buzz around his eyes for our entertainment.

| Mar 10, 2022

Gold is fine. It looks good. The story isn’t anything new. It’s really all about Efron here, and he’s trying, bless him.

| Mar 10, 2022

The film wants to convey the dog-eat-dog mentality of our contemporary world, but by relying so heavily on gratingly literal motifs, it doesn’t dig up anything that isn’t already evident on the surface.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Mar 8, 2022

The result is an outlandish, humorous and entertaining schlocker.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Feb 7, 2022

Hayes has a strong instinct for economy and what drives a movie. His direction is confident, his instincts for tension and decompression good.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 19, 2022

Efron understands he doesn't need to say and do too much here; he can internalise emotion and let the atmosphere and intensity of the film wash over him.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 14, 2022