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29 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe veteran action director fully delivers the goods with Silent Night.
- 75Slant MagazineSlant MagazineWhen Silent Night does finally kick into high gear, the action is as artful as anything that Woo has whipped up throughout his storied career.
- 70VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeSilly as it might be, Silent Night gives audiences reason to get excited about the Hong Kong innovator once again, ranking as one of the few bloody Christmas counterprogrammers since “Die Hard” that feels worthy of repeat viewing down the road.
- 60Screen RantAlexander HarrisonScreen RantAlexander HarrisonSilent Night winks at us as often as it tries for genuine drama, and whichever tone you choose to accept will likely determine whether you have as much fun with it as I did.
- 60SlashfilmChris EvangelistaSlashfilmChris EvangelistaIt all ends up being a touch forgettable by the time the end credits roll, but the journey to get there is never dull.
- 50San Francisco ChronicleBob StraussSan Francisco ChronicleBob StraussThere’s nothing here to match the ingenious audacity of, say, the hospital-shootout-with-infant sequence in 1982’s “Hard Boiled,” but once Silent Night finally unwraps its gratuitous gifts, the faithful Woo fans should find them worth the wait.
- 50Screen DailyTim GriersonScreen DailyTim GriersonThe Hong Kong action auteur conjures up a few of his trademark over-the-top sequences, but this tale of bloody vengeance is not the most satisfying delivery device for Woo’s unique brand of melodramatic, slow-mo carnage.
- 45The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzSilent Night is all needlessly protracted foreplay, a true “when are they going to get to the fireworks factory?” tease of an action movie. And when Woo finally does light things up with only 15 minutes to go, the result is a limp pop of sparks, easily extinguishable.
- 40IGNSiddhant AdlakhaIGNSiddhant AdlakhaA boring, weightless revenge experiment that quickly goes awry, Silent Night features none of the charm or visual panache that made John Woo one of Hong Kong and Hollywood’s foremost action stylists.
- 25IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichWhile the rest of Silent Night is so abysmal that its prologue might as well be the last hour of “Hard Boiled” by comparison, it’s hard to imagine a more appropriate introduction to a movie whose only upside is the vulgar thrill of watching something that feels utterly anonymous and wildly idiosyncratic at the same time.