It's overlong and a little muddled in the third act but still a thrilling, energetic watch.

| Sep 6, 2017

Easy to watch, then, but hard to champion as a must-see.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 19, 2013

Fast-moving, plausible and smart.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 18, 2013

A Scandinavian-Italian-Serbian-Chilean robbery romp in which a polyglot gang goes for a bank bust, only to learn - well, all the usual things (thieves fall out, cops crash the climactic action), but in a fizzy, multicultural way.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 18, 2013

[The problem] is Easy Money's straggly plot, a story stretched thinly between two many characters, without the dynamism or momentum to keep itself charging onwards.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 18, 2013

It's gripping stuff - even if the original title 'Snabba Cash' is way cooler than the English one.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 16, 2013

There's plenty here to show why director Daniel Espinosa caught Hollywood's eye, even if this pre-Safe House crime drama holds few surprises.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 20, 2013

The story is overcooked and the gritty aesthetic (handheld cameras, desaturated color) borders on cliche.

| Oct 18, 2012

One of the most involving of the many first-rate thrillers that have come recently from Scandinavia.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 18, 2012

Chalk another one up for Swedish crime-thriller novels.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 24, 2012

What really distinguishes it from any number of drug-escapade stories is the unusual and welcome sense of Dostoyevskian moral gravity of the narrative.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 24, 2012

Although this Swedish vehicle is thoughtfully engineered and has some vivid streaks of color, it could use a jump start to escape the vanilla ice.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 23, 2012

The increasing action and double crosses create an ambient crescendo leading to a final anything-could-happen rendezvous.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 10, 2012

The movie builds and builds only to land in a zone of ambiguity.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 9, 2012

The hand-held camerawork may be shaky, and the editing flit furiously - but Espinosa has them shaking and flitting on purpose.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 2, 2012

We're left with the impression that though the mark may eventually be washed away, this man in a mask will never be truly clean.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 26, 2012

The action is fast and fierce, as are the crosses and double-crosses.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jul 26, 2012

Easy Money's big heist scene is the only action set piece so far this year that was so suspenseful I could feel my heartbeat in my ears.

| Jul 13, 2012

A sort of mash-up of "Goodfellas" and "The Great Gatsby."

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 13, 2012

This jazzy crime melodrama is engrossing and exhilarating because of Espinosa's impressive command of a wide range of filmmaking skills.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 12, 2012