This dud recreation of the 1992 L.A. riots traps Halle Berry and Daniel Craig and a piece of momentous, civil-rights history in a crazyquilt of random action, absurdist humor, bogus romance and questionable purpose.

| Original Score: 0.5/4 | Apr 28, 2018

It's possible to appreciate the film for recognizing both the horror and the absurdity in its subjects...and for playing exclusively in those extreme registers, yet still come to the conclusion that it's is all bark, no bite.

| Original Score: C+ | Apr 27, 2018

Kings is clueless about its subject matter.

| Original Score: .5/4 | Apr 27, 2018

It seems like a missed opportunity to dramatize the lives of real people caught up in the aftermath of the violence.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Apr 26, 2018

The English-language debut from the brilliant talent behind best foreign film picture nominee Mustang is a terribly uneven, borderline absurdist jumble that undercuts its own message again and again.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Apr 26, 2018

Frustrating and tone-deaf, the movie remembers the L.A. riots as an absurd comedy.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Apr 26, 2018

In tying its story to this particular moment in American history, the movie bites off more than it can coherently chew.

| Apr 26, 2018

Eschewing poeticism for an empty sense of prefab empathy, "Kings" is so determined to be hopeful that it forgets to be honest.

| Original Score: C- | Sep 15, 2017

For all its honorable intentions to address sensitive issues that still sting, Kings is an unconvincing tonal patchwork.

| Sep 14, 2017

An unmediated jumble.

| Sep 14, 2017

A baffling and frustrating disappointment.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 14, 2017