Fresh
Dante Lam is John Woo via Michael Bay; he doesn't want to win you over, he wants to beat you up and make you crazy. And for all its silliness, "The Viral Factor" does just that.
Tom Long, Detroit News
The Viral Factor
2012 · 2h 2m · Not Rated
Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Dante Lam Chiu-Yin
Overview
Agent Jon contemplates leaving the force until he learns his brother is working as a mercenary for a former colleague who betrayed their team.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
56%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Gunfights and explosions are audaciously played out in real urban locations swarming with people and vehicles, all unfolding with high tension, without losing sight of continuity.
Maggie Lee, Variety
Rotten
It takes a special kind of action director to use chaotic, human-filled public spaces for high-energy foot chases, auto stunts and gun battles yet never once get under the skin with a sense of genuine danger.
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
Tediously overwrought and drably made, with scenes punctuated by synthesized drums out of eighties American TV drama.
Stephen Cole, Globe and Mail
Rotten
"The Viral Factor" wants to be both an action movie and a soap opera. But the merging of the two genres by Dante Lam, a director based in Hong Kong, is clumsy, and so is the film.
Neil Genzlinger, New York Times
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