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5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60Village VoicePete Vonder HaarVillage VoicePete Vonder HaarStandoff holds up as a welcome alternative to its more strident brethren.
- 50Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenStandoff isn’t quite inspired, but it coasts on unexpected modesty of professionalism.
- 38Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreWriter-director Adam Alleca is better at the keyboard, cooking up chewy tough talk, than behind the camera. The shootout stuff is only passably staged, and the blood-bursts (not his fault…entirely) look digitally added, in some places.
- 30Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenLos Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenUnfortunately in the hands of writer-director Adam Alecca, this overly talky, slackly executed game of cat-and-mouse comes off as cheesy rather than chilling.
- 25RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyRogerEbert.comGlenn KennyIt is all very terribly tiresome.