Railroad Tigers(铁道飞虎)

The Film Stage by

While a director should have bigger things in mind than just action, even on an action canvas, the rest of the film often feels half-hearted or perhaps just half-fleshed out.

Village Voice by April Wolfe

With heart, humor and some breathtaking special effects, Ding Sheng’s Railroad Tigers charms and thrills.

The Hollywood Reporter by Clarence Tsui

It's a throwback to Chan's wham-bam action comedies of the past, and a pretty effective one, too.

The New York Times by Glenn Kenny

It’s heartening to see Mr. Chan, who plays the avuncular leader of the guerrillas, demonstrating that he’s still game, but you wish his energy were being expended in more consistently enjoyable pictures.

The A.V. Club by Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

The Chinese film industry’s insistence on proving that it can make blockbusters that are as dull and crummy as anything to come out of Hollywood (but at only half the cost) continues unabated with Railroad Tigers.

Slant Magazine by Jake Cole

Despite its energetic, intricately climax, Railroad Tigers is at its most entertaining when merely observing Chan’s smaller movements.

Variety by Peter Debruge

You know things are getting bad when an instantly forgettable, nearly impossible-to-follow, Chinese-language action movie manages to score a U.S. release simply because of Chan’s involvement.

Boston Globe by Peter Keough

It’s only the first week of January, but it will be hard to beat Hong Kong director Ding Sheng’s Railroad Tigers for the best opening credit sequence of the year.

Los Angeles Times by Robert Abele

Instead of a grand lark of fast fists and derring-do, we get a lumbering, choppy voyage of minimal excitement.

The Seattle Times by Tom Keogh

What follows is a post-setup hour of imaginative action and dazzling stunt work, all taking place on one of cinema’s great self-metaphors: a speeding train changing scenes every few seconds and heading toward an unknown destination.