It’s an odd film with a distinct vision and an impressive visual sense, and I do think it’s worth watching.

| May 29, 2024

The editing is weirdly unconventional, drawing out scenes for extra seconds or even minutes where absolutely nothing happens and intercutting dialogue sequences with unnecessary flashbacks or flashforwards.

| Original Score: C- | Jul 24, 2023

In the end, [The Rhythm Section] falls into the same tropes it was trying to subvert.

| Original Score: 4/10 | Jan 17, 2023

Part Bourne, part Bond, but with none of the vigor or personality of either, “The Rhythm Section” has some good ideas but not enough original ones.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 24, 2022

It’s hard to believe the stars of vapid spy thriller The Rhythm Section fell for a script that is so lazily strung together; it’s the cinematic equivalent of a couch potato.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Aug 24, 2022

One of the most jarring aspects of The Rhythm Section is its complete and utter lack of rhythm.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Jul 19, 2022

Tries to be more artful than the average revenge thriller...​ but it doesn’t really work. The first act is a masochistic endurance test of misery, while the rest is mostly just boilerplate with some terribly poor music cuts.​

| Original Score: 5/10 | May 13, 2022

Aside from a few acting flourishes and a tense situation or two, the film is mostly undercooked and assembled without much vision.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Feb 21, 2022

...a more than watchable film, with Law and Lively both giving their cypher characters a little more verisimilitude than normal...

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 2, 2021

The Rhythm Section isn't quite in sync.

| Original Score: B- | Aug 12, 2021

While by no means a complete waste of movie-going time, The Rhythm Section is a letdown on all fronts.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Feb 28, 2021

Anyone who had high hopes of The Rhythm Section being the start of a new action franchise can quickly be disabused of that notion. It has nothing to offer that hasn't been done many times before in much better ways.

| Feb 17, 2021

Nothing you haven't seen before, and the plot manipulation asks a lot, but Lively, with her constant, steely resolve, holds it together.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 2, 2021

The boilerplate script combined with slack pacing and predictable twists and turns are prettied up with an indie movie sheen but there's not much here beyond some hand held theatrics and exotic locations.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Jan 30, 2021

Listless and overproduced, Reed Morano's Blake Lively action vehicle never gets off the ground as more than a paint-by-numbers revenge film.

| Original Score: C+ | Jan 29, 2021

The number one thing holding The Rhythm Section from being a bona fide quality thriller is just about everything you'd expect from a bona fide quality thriller.

| Jan 29, 2021

This is a pulpy, R-rated thriller for adults, relatively light on action and heavy on close-ups of its star's face.

| Original Score: B | Jan 28, 2021

Lacks the pull of repeat-viewing of the many, many better films of its ilk.

| Jan 12, 2021

Lively impresses in her best role to date, nailing both the emotional notes and action sequences. Pity that her deathly dull star vehicle fails to drive her towards the intended destination.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 4, 2020

Just the ticket for action fans who prefer their fare to be pulpy and punishing.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 17, 2020