40
There’s just nothing quite like a good crime thriller. But, despite Banderas’ best efforts and some stylish camerawork, this is nothing like a good crime thriller.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
40
Reaching for the grandiose, it never grasps anything beyond the generic.
40
The Irish Times by Donald Clarke
The film is sometimes too sleazy, but it is, more often, not sleazy enough.
58
The Film Stage by Jared Mobarak
Iliff’s script and Hughes’ direction might not provide anything we haven’t seen before, but both allow the actors the necessary room to give us what we need to stay invested.
40
The Telegraph by Robbie Collin
Banderas is good value, playing the role a few shades more seriously than it deserves, while first-time director Richard Hughes deploys much fizzing neon and halogen to strike a convincingly sleazy tone. But even at 90 minutes the plot feels padded, and it’s all so preeningly sordid.
50
The Enforcer is filmed-proof that the difference between a C-movie and a straight-up, watchable B-picture is Antonio Banderas. Ask first-time director Richard Hughes. He’ll tell you.
40
The Observer (UK) by Wendy Ide
It’s thuddingly predictable stuff that limps through a plot involving nefarious sex traffickers, treachery and a liberal smearing of Miami sleaze.