Marauders is like a sophomoric college essay: It’s full of interesting ideas that get bungled in the execution.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
RogerEbert.com by Brian Tallerico
Even for how negatively I responded to the bafflingly inept Marauders, I choose to believe that Miller and his overly talented cast didn’t just do it for a paycheck. Even with that in mind, it’s hard to forgive.
Part of the problem is that films like Marauders have become so synonymous with cut-rate mediocrity that their awfulness is almost a self-fulfilling prophecy.
The New York Times by Glenn Kenny
Marauders lays out a scenario in the first 40 minutes or so that, oddly enough, makes you think “this is not an entirely uninteresting premise for a thriller.” But after that, things devolve into “this is extremely far-fetched” and, finally, “this is goofy.”
Los Angeles Times by Noel Murray
An otherwise plain action picture carried by strong performances and a mildly compelling mystery.
Chicago Sun-Times by Richard Roeper
It’s pulp, but it has real actors doing real acting in a gritty story — which is a lot more than can be said for some of the much more high-profile buddy cop movies of the last couple of years.