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13 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60TheWrapJames RocchiTheWrapJames RocchiThe action is shot far better than it is in most Marvel movies, with clarity in the framing and a fluid skill to the cutting.
- 60VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeWhile Lautner is to be admired for his physical commitment to the role, the below-the-line team lighting, shooting and choreographing his moves deserves equal credit. The film wouldn’t have worked without such a versatile team, which otherwise operates without a trace.
- 60Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenLos Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenAs long as it shuts up and keeps moving, Tracers makes for a sufficiently diverting, not to mention zero-emission, vehicle.
- 58The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerThe A.V. ClubJesse HassengerTracers, then, is unavoidably a movie about Taylor Lautner joining a parkour gang, and often exactly as silly as that sounds. But it’s also a major improvement over Lautner’s last action-thriller, "Abduction," which had little action, few thrills, and zero abductions.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Point Break-style plotline is merely an excuse for an endless series of scenes showing off the parkour practitioners in action.
- 50Slant MagazineEd GonzalezSlant MagazineEd GonzalezThe lusterless camerawork keys itself almost empathetically to the drab reality of the film's spaces, settled and unsettled alike, but it can't enliven the hackneyed plot.
- 50New York PostSara StewartNew York PostSara StewartLike Cam, Tracers is fun to look at, if not too bright, and even includes a line I can only assume is a winking reference to Lautner’s claim to fame: “There can only be one alpha in every pack.”
- 50The DissolveNathan RabinThe DissolveNathan RabinIt goes about its idiotic business swiftly and efficiently, which is about all you can ask for from this manner of silliness. It never goes anywhere worthwhile, but at least it doesn’t take too long to get there.
- 38Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreIt’s a stunt-heavy chase picture with some arresting camera work, but not much else to recommend it.
- 30Village VoiceNick SchagerVillage VoiceNick SchagerTracers is a tedious, clichéd slog from start to finish, and only briefly enlivened by two prolonged chases in which handheld cameras maintain intense proximity to their subjects.