Guns Akimbo

Une arcade folle avec une esthétique sophistiquée, des effets visuels de qualité, des personnages palpables et quelques rebondissements inattendus qui maintiennent l'attention même des spectateurs non ciblés (c'est-à-dire moi). Non seulement la présence de Radcliffe l'élève presque à un niveau A, mais surtout le réalisateur qui a un sens de la dynamique narrative. On s'attendait à ce que ce soit plus stupide. [Sitges FF] (05/10/2019)

A very gritty and crazy romp in which Daniel Radcliffe fights against a bunch of crazy killers led by Samara Weaving. It's full of blood and black humour, but once it slows down a bit, it turns out that it actually has very little to offer in the non-action scenes. (19/03/2020)

A video game-like, punk, stylish and brutal coke-fuelled ride! Daniel Radcliffe wakes up with guns nailed to his hands and finds himself in a death-match against Nix, the ultimate female assassin (a great Samara Weaving, again in a completely different but excellent role). It's a very enjoyable guilty pleasure that sets a fast pace right from the start, the characters are properly wacky, blood is not spared, the jokes work and surprisingly it's not as silly as it might first appear. Good fun with video game references. 7/10. (03/03/2020)

The director of the entertaining metalhead horror flick Deathgasm picked up the gauntlet that remained lying on the action-movie battlefield following the breakup of Neveldine/Taylor. Guns Akimbo is a cyberpunk action comedy with video-game styling that borrows a lot from Crank and Hardcore Henry, though it fakes its sincere punk energy with fanboyishly phoney grittiness. It’s a shame that the film is unable to untangle itself from its nerdishly scraggly essence, which motivates not only its humour, but also its embarrassingly messianically self-reverent climax. (22/08/2020)

A sibling of Crank in which Statham is replaced with Harry Potter in a bathrobe with pistols nailed to his hands. The screenplay seems like it was written by a high-school kid who had just discovered Cypress Hill, but it’s filmed with eagerness and unbelievable ferocity. Its allure lies mainly in the visuals and the fact that it's action packed. It takes it a while to really get going, but it’s entertaining and enjoyable overall. It’s probably meant to be a sort of wake-up call to millennials to throw down their cell phones, grab their guns and go kill people. (05/03/2020)

On a déjà vu Daniel Radcliff jeter des sorts, se laisser pousser des cornes, péter sur une île déserte et se perdre dans la jungle. Maintenant, on a la chance de le voir courir en slip et pantoufles dans la ville tout en tirant avec des flingues rivetés à ses mains. C’est qu’après avoir trollé sur internet, il a été propulsé dans un jeu de vie et de mort en direct. Cette variante frénétique, comique et classée R un peu plus récente de Nerve qui passe sur le gril les afflictions de la génération Internet actuelle est un petit film assez agréable parfait pour se détendre. Sauf que j’ai parfois du mal quand ça se veut méta et que ça tourne les clichés des films d’action en dérision, mais que ça finit par reproduire les clichés en question. Cela dit, je me suis bien amusé ! [Sitges 2019] (03/10/2019)

What a silly film, yet I did have a great time regardless of that (or perhaps precisely because of that). I’m not a huge fan of Daniel Radcliffe, but thanks to the role of Miles, I might even find a liking for him. The film had exactly what I was missing in Hardcore Henry, it didn't cease to be fun by a constant repetition of the same, the story was developing and clearly building up towards a certain goal. It was a pure action film that wasn't devoid of humor and totally bizarre situations. I got a greater dose of fun than I’d expected. (21/05/2020)