It's better to rip the Band-Aid off right away: A lot doesn't work with this movie. It's described as a crime thriller, but it lacks on the thrilling part. The story is pretty simple and doesn't do a whole lot to hook viewers in.

| Original Score: 3/10 | Jun 21, 2022

The Gateway is such a generic and unimaginative rehash of many other crime dramas, it's likely to be soon forgotten after people see it. It's yet another story about a hero who has an 'against all odds' struggle against gangster thugs.

| Dec 29, 2021

The Gateway, which could have been a serviceable action film or a gritty drama, unfortunately does itself a disservice by attempting to be both and failing to commit to either.

| Nov 24, 2021

A B-style thriller, with a long-suffering and uncommunicative protagonist, and a relatively simple but relevant plot. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 11, 2021

As the plot becomes more contrived, full of bad ideas, one hopes for some character redemption, but there is no deliverance from evil.

| Original Score: D | Oct 22, 2021

While a little unsteady, it's a solid film anchored by a strong performance from Shea Wigham. He's an excellent That Guy, and we're lucky to have him.

| Oct 12, 2021

I can't say I'm sorry to have missed out on more Grillo, because The Gateway provides Whigham with all he needed to announce himself as the pulpy anti-hero of my B-movie dreams.

| Oct 6, 2021

...has all the downbeat grit that an adult audience could demand from a late-night thriller....

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 27, 2021

It's clearly making a statement about problematic child care and protective services... that is a very complex equation.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 25, 2021

You might have seen something like this before, but this one is well-made and pulls you into its web.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 23, 2021

Not quite credible enough to stand up as a gritty, 70s-esque social drama, and lacking the focus of the Training Day-style urban thriller it's marketed as, Michele Civetta's second feature is an awkward but passably entertaining blend of both.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 21, 2021

Drug bungles call the shots in a hairy downhill ride.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 21, 2021

The Gateway is that much needed crime drama that we've been thirsty for, but doesn't seem to come that often. It works because it's teeth are firmly sunk into the characters, and more than capably led by the highly underrated Shea Whigham.

| Original Score: 7.5/10 | Sep 19, 2021

Parker is an unexpectedly complex character in an otherwise rote shoot-'em-up action film, and while The Gateway doesn't take you anywhere worth going, at least it takes you somewhere different.

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

The Gateway is surprisingly emotional, beautifully acted by all, and impressive at capturing the grittiness of Parker's world ...

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 11, 2021

The Gateway could be a tough drama or a serviceable genre film, so trouble boils over when it attempts to be both.

| Sep 10, 2021

An energetic but unnecessarily complex thriller.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Sep 9, 2021

It's much like the life it represents: tough, sad, hard to watch at times, and sometimes full of more questions than answers. But in that, you get something that's worthy of the time and attention. A fantastic showcase for Shea Whigham.

| Original Score: 7.5 | Sep 9, 2021

Between Olivia Munn and newcomer Taegen Burns this melodrama almost makes it.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Sep 8, 2021

At its best when doing character study on Shea Whigham's lead, at its worst when doing the whole suspense, on-the-run thing. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Sep 6, 2021