Something about LaBeouf's work here pulled me through every aspect of this wildly uneven film.

| Apr 28, 2020

What's unfortunate is how the film's complex themes become casualties of the film's ultimate ineptitude.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Oct 3, 2019

MAN DOWN attempts to cram a murky mass of plot and emotion into an hour-and-a-half of screen time. In the process, little of its meaning survived, and we're left with an appalling film.

| Original Score: D | Mar 30, 2019

It's difficult to recommend this poorly-wrought war drama to anyone with 90 minutes to spare and literally anything else to do.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Mar 19, 2018

Unfortunately, until the revelatory last 15 minutes, it does itself no favours at all.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 12, 2017

The portrayal of someone struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder brings the personal toll of war into sharp focus.

| Original Score: B- | Sep 12, 2017

This is a woefully confused and confusing film.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 6, 2017

Shia LaBeouf delivers a superb performance in a film that is otherwise misjudged on almost every level.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 2, 2017

Once the smoke clears and the shock of its twists wears off, Man Down is even worse than it originally appears.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Mar 31, 2017

This genre-blending drama about a traumatised soldier may be flawed - but it's impossible to fault Shia LaBeouf's commitment to the lead role.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 31, 2017

An uncomfortable blend of war movie, family drama and dystopian sci-fi.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 30, 2017

Montiel's movie gambles everything on an ambitious plot device that doesn't quite come off, but LaBeouf's vulnerability offers an effective portrait of masculinity in crisis.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 30, 2017

The ingredients of science fiction, family drama and war movie never really gel and that's before a plot twist that tugs at the heartstrings and undermines credibility.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 30, 2017

The movie is fragmented enough from the word go, but plummets from such an insane height at the end that you want to rewind and hand everyone involved a personalised black-box recorder.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Mar 30, 2017

An oppressive cloud of macho self-pity hangs over this muddled and overwrought movie, which involves a cliched narrative device that is glib and unsatisfying.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Mar 30, 2017

This naff war fable with end-of-world curlicues is good only when LaBeouf fills the screen. His anguish, tears and poignant gropings to comprehend are moving and believable.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 30, 2017

Dito Montiel's Man Down is a well-meaning but very confused drama exploring post-traumatic stress and the plight of US soldiers "coming home."

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 29, 2017

Featuring strong work from LaBeouf, Man Down is a fascinating example of how a powerful performance and good intentions can be derailed by a misguided concept and flawed execution.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 28, 2017

LaBeouf goes above and beyond to make Gabriel a compelling figure, but Adam G. Simon's screenplay gives him relatively little to work with.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Feb 22, 2017

This war drama contains an earnest plea, a call for sympathy and understanding for soldiers suffering from PTSD; but the movie is so scattershot, somber, and confusing that it never comes together.

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