Decent enough entertainment to have some fun here I just wish the plot and some action scenes were filmed better!

| Jul 26, 2023

It has plenty of intense action that is built around an interesting though familiar premise. But it’s surprisingly cold and passionless which is odd considering one of its central themes is finding empathy and compassion even on the battlefield.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 17, 2022

Serviceable but forgettable action futuristic sci-fi film with the usual anti-war message and usual bloodshed.

| Original Score: B- | Jan 11, 2022

A mediocre version of 'Training Day' wherein the corrupt cop is now an evil military super-robot. But not nearly as fun as that sounds.

| Sep 13, 2021

A promising premise and a solid performance from Anthony Mackie unfortunately can't save this otherwise forgettable sci-fi actioner.

| Original Score: 3.5/10 | Aug 23, 2021

For a film that's seemingly trying to emphasize that humankind and empathy are worth advocating for, it certainly feels lifeless.

| Original Score: 2 / 5 | Jun 26, 2021

Has a solid, if underdeveloped concept but manages to hold the audience's attention with the chemistry and performance between its two leads.

| Original Score: 7 | Jun 24, 2021

Any moral ambiguity is eventually waved away in a blatant might-makes-right ending, and ... it's just another goddamn recruitment film.

| Jun 5, 2021

Anthony Mackie and Damson Idris pull off a pretty decent team-up of soldier and cyborg military action intensity

| Original Score: 7.9/10 | May 26, 2021

The overwhelming majority of this futuristic army flick couldn't arm wrestle a toddler.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 17, 2021

A promising premise let down by a plot with no one to root for.

| Original Score: C | Feb 17, 2021

Robocop meets Terminator meets Training Day in Mikael Håfström's Outside the Wire. It works fine as your basic Action movie, but the runtime and the multiple plot twists on the third act turn it a bit tiresome.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Feb 5, 2021

[Mackie's character] never read Asimov's First Law of Robotics ... and certainly never read my First Law of Action Movies: Don't be boring.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 30, 2021

A noisy time-waster that could have used some outside the box thinking to make its shop-worn story more effective.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jan 29, 2021

Outside the Wire is a standard sci-fi mix with war, it has some cool action sequences, but not enhancing the genre outside what we already know.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 29, 2021

As an actual professor of Eastern European politics, I literally have no idea what parts of the movie are honest ignorance versus ironic ignorance.

| Jan 29, 2021

With a straight to the point, simplistic save the world style, that can get too drowned out with mindless action, this tag team struggle through urban warfare may not be a very memorable experience. However, that doesn't mean it isn't a fun one.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 27, 2021

Despite some good work from the actors, and impressive visuals at times, even as a time-passer, Outside the Wire comes up short.

| Original Score: 4/10 | Jan 27, 2021

Forgettable, by-numbers, and just not very good.

| Original Score: 3/10 | Jan 27, 2021

The film has the narrative and creative range of a low-budget video game. It is exasperating and dull.

| Jan 26, 2021