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5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75The A.V. ClubAlex McLevyThe A.V. ClubAlex McLevyCompared to Deadfall, films The Wicker Man, Face/Off, and even Vampire’s Kiss look like Merchant-Ivory productions. It may be a crowded field at the top of Cage’s most entertaining performances, but this one deserves to stand above the fold, if for no other reason than that its general lack of public awareness means a retroactive popular appreciation is long overdue.
- 50ConsequenceClint WorthingtonConsequenceClint WorthingtonOstensibly, it’s a vehicle for Michael Biehn, whom no one else but James Cameron seems to know how to use properly, but everything else about the movie is forgettable.
- 50VarietyKen EisnerVarietyKen EisnerWatchable only for camp value, Deadfall is at its best when cameo-laden anarchy reigns. As a tribute to film noir, it won't make it to the late late show.
- 30Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasA hopelessly callow, leaden-paced attempt at film noir, is of interest only because it was directed and co-written by Francis Coppola's nephew, Christopher, and because it has a far more stellar cast than is usual for low-budget B pictures. [28 Feb 1994, p.F8]
- 25San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco ChronicleDeadfall is dreadful -- pretentious story, bad acting, off-kilter direction, disgusting violence and irrelevant sex. [06 Dec 1993, p.D2]