Fresh
Some of the gags are funny, some are stale, and some are stale but still funny.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Overview
After ruthless gangsters wrongfully accuse him of stealing from them, a retired criminal has 24 hours to creep back into his past life and retrieve a bag of coke before his fiancée is killed.
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Top critics, in their words
Rotten
A tasting menu of hard-man predicaments that never offer more than a pale introduction to the innocent mark flailing at their center.
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
Rotten
In terms of character and plot, not one element of the intended wild ride escapes self-consciousness or becomes the least bit involving.
Sheri Linden, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
A self-aware, borderline self-reflexive action-comedy from the Netherlands, Arne Toonen's Black Out is derivative in a way that undermines its wry sense of self.
Michael Nordine, Village Voice
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