Pound of Flesh

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[A] third-rate, run-of-the-mill actioner, which, for some reason, was edited to look like an episode of “CSI.”

The Dissolve by Charles Bramesco

Barbarash doesn’t do much to compensate for the misshapen script, either. Fumbling camerawork and incoherent editing rob the film’s generous fight sequences of their oomph, and amateurish green screen hobbles a car-chase sequence.

The Hollywood Reporter by Frank Scheck

Pound of Flesh should reasonably satisfy his core fans, even if they're more likely to watch it on VOD than in theaters.

Movie Nation by Roger Moore

A solid if occasionally silly B-picture of the sort that JCVD used to make, before “JCVD” suggested there might be more to him than mere “Muscles from Brussels.”