Shortcut

San Francisco Chronicle by

The monster is kind of cheap looking and not particularly scary, the gore is non existent, the acting is variable and the characters tend to make boneheaded decisions. Yet, for all of that, Shortcut does sport a certain moody charm, and at least it has the good sense, at a brisk 80 minutes including end credits, to not wear out its welcome.

Film Threat by Alex Saveliev

Attack the Block this is not. Shortcut is too violent and foul-mouthed for kids, yet too tame and juvenile for adults, bound to leave horror aficionados indifferent. You’ll be better off watching Jeepers Creepers 2 instead, and that’s really saying something.

Variety by Courtney Howard

With lackluster character development, a few ill-conceived situations in the second half and dialogue that sounds like it’s been run through Google Translate, there’s only a modest amount of entertainment value found therein.

Austin Chronicle by Marc Savlov

At least this excursion into mediocrity is relatively brief, although, as mentioned, a vastly shorter cut would be much preferred.

Movie Nation by Roger Moore

The wheels come off Shortcut pretty much the moment the kids have to flee that bus.

RogerEbert.com by Simon Abrams

Based solely on its own merits, Shortcut is both an amateurish production and a mindless genre exercise.