- Studio: Rogue Pictures
- Release Date: Apr 27, 2012
- Starring: Alice Eve, John Cusack, Luke Evans
- Summary:
- Director: James McTeigue
- Genre(s): Mystery, Thriller
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 4 out of 30
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Mixed: 20 out of 30
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Negative: 6 out of 30
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70This may conjure up unpleasant memories of Guy Ritchie's "Sherlock Holmes" movies, but Ritchie could learn a lot from director James McTeigue (V for Vendetta); this is multiplex fare to be sure, but McTeigue manages to popularize 19th-century literature without completely vulgarizing it.
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60Until The Raven almost literally loses itself during a chase in the city sewers, it nicely balances its literary gamesmanship with a R-rated thriller's mandatory gross-out tableaux.
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38While full of welcome gore and blood spatter, it's bankrupt of any creative spark.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 19 out of 25
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Mixed: 2 out of 25
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Negative: 4 out of 25
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