Fresh
As contrived and plot-hole ridden as it is, F/X still works quite effectively as a crowd-pleasing popcorn picture.
Variety Staff, Variety
Overview
A movies special effects man is hired by a government agency to help stage the assassination of a well known gangster. When the agency double cross him, he uses his special effects to trap the gangster and the corrupt agents.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
88%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The film is as much a demonstration of various kinds of special effects as it is about them.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Fresh
The irony of F/X, which is a very good thriller indeed, is that it avoids the pitfall of so many thrillers; it doesn't degenerate into a mindless display of special effects.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
The action sequences are efficiently handled, but look elsewhere for psychological or emotional insight.
Time Out
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