Criminal (15)

Action, Crime, Drama

In a last-ditch effort to stop a diabolical plot, a dead CIA operative's memories, secrets, and skills are implanted into a death-row inmate in hopes the he will complete the operative's mission.

The critical consensus

Factor in action and stunt-work as generic as the film’s title, and this is nothing short of an unmitigated disaster.

(*) (*) (*) (*) James Mottram, The List, 11/04/2016

Misfiring and very jarring.

(*) (*) (*) Geoffrey MacNab, The Independent, 13/04/2016

Ryan Reynolds and Kevin Costner swap bodies in this extremely ridiculous and unpleasantly violent science-fiction thriller.

(*) (*) (*) Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 14/04/2016

A preposterous premise that never makes sense. A tedious thriller that offers no thrills. An A-list cast reduced to C-list material. Piers Morgan. We can but pray that scientists invent a procedure to remove the memory of ever watching this film in the first place.

(*) (*) (*) (*) John Nugent, Empire Online, 15/04/2016

Rarely in the field of crummy, nonsensical thrillers can so much talent have been squandered on such complete tosh.

(*) (*) (*) (*) Allan Hunter, Daily Express, 15/04/2016

The film as a whole has no sense of its own stupidity, however, making it hard to go along for the ride.

(*) (*) (*) Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 16/04/2016

Brainless brain-transplant action flick – complete with Piers Morgan cameo.

(*) (*) (*) (*) Mark Kermode, The Observer, 17/04/2016