It's almost impressive how a movie that's supposed to be a comedy, one directed, written, and acted by comedic performers, fails to generate a single moment of humor.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Apr 5, 2021

Schwarzenegger's presence should have given for an infinitely more solid parody. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Jul 23, 2019

A cautionary tale about the modern assumption one can achieve fame through a single act rather than putting the work in, the amiable if messy Killing Gunther is saved by Schwarzenegger's exuberant portrayal of the World's Top Assassin (yes, another one!)

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 8, 2019

There are few things more cinematically painful than watching a cast work really hard to make you laugh and fail with consistency. That's the experience that Killing Gunther offers, and it is a rough watch.

| Nov 2, 2018

...a fairly interminable experience...

| Original Score: 1/4 | Mar 24, 2018

Too smart for the 'wacky comedy' box and too outrageously playful to sit alongside standard action fare, Killing Gunther is nevertheless destined to find an audience who will watch it again and again.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Mar 21, 2018

Your mileage will likely come down to your fondness for the sorts of hitman action movies that are being sent up.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Mar 15, 2018

I liked Killing Gunther enough to recommend it. Look, comedies are meant to make you laugh. I have a low threshold for silliness, and I am a fan of the cast.

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

Schwarzenegger has a great time hamming it up, and we have almost as much fun watching him have fun.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 21, 2017

Arnold Schwarzenegger provides a jolt of energy to the final half-hour of this otherwise lackluster satire about bickering hitmen, as he sends up his image and action tropes in general with freewheeling bravado.

| Oct 21, 2017

Won't be the comeback Schwarzenegger fans may be hoping for, but there are enough funny moments in Killam's directorial debut to augur a promising future in film comedy.

| Oct 20, 2017

More than anything, Killing Gunther demonstrates that Christopher Guest has a lot to atone for with his pioneering of the mockumentary, which has become the lazy, go-to style for low-budget comedies.

| Oct 20, 2017

All anybody's expecting is rapid-fire absurdities and Three Stooges violence, which Killam serves up aplenty.

| Original Score: B- | Oct 20, 2017

[A]t least one can watch the movie to see evidence that everyone here is having a good time ... Where's our good time?

| Original Score: 1/4 | Oct 20, 2017

Although the production is sporadically amusing, it feels like a 20-minute short that was expanded to feature length to its considerable detriment.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 20, 2017

Considering the talent involved in Killing Gunther, and the star name attached to raise its profile, you can't help but feel underwhelmed by it as both a comedy and a spectacle.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 19, 2017

An amusing if dispensable mockumentary from former "Saturday Night Live" funnyman Taran Killam, who wrote, directed and stars.

| Oct 19, 2017

...until Gunther actually shows up, it's a case of rinse-lather-repeat, as each killer basically has one key trait that's played for laughs in the same way again and again.

| Oct 19, 2017

Confident work with some sharp, impish performances and a chance to see Schwarzenegger play as loose as he's even been, keeping up with the practiced comedians in his own inimitable fashion.

| Original Score: B | Oct 19, 2017

Sure, it's a bit much to have [Schwarzenegger] knowingly quoting a bunch of his old catchphrases, but he's having so much fun that it's hard to care.

| Original Score: B- | Oct 19, 2017