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Movie ID: 1479
RT slug: triple_9
RT URL: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/triple_9
Release year: 2016
Runtime: 115 mins
Wide release date: 2016-02-26
Limited release date: —
Festival premiere date: —
Streaming release date: 2016-10-04
Tomatometer final: 54%
Audience score final: 41%
Genres: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Directors: John Hillcoat
Writers: Matthew Cook
Producers: Anthony Katagas, Bard Dorros, Christopher Woodrow, John Hillcoat, Keith Redmon, Marc Butan
MPAA rating: R
Executive Producers: —
Created: 2026-10-13 23:17:05
Updated: 2026-10-13 23:17:05
Bullets fly on the Atlanta freeway as armed thieves make their getaway following a bank robbery in broad daylight. Unhappy with the results, ruthless gangster Irina Vlaslov orders the men to pull off another job. One member of the team is Marcus Belmont (Anthony Mackie), a crooked cop who gets saddled with Chris Allen (Casey Affleck), his new but incorruptible police partner. As Belmont and his cohorts lay the groundwork for the heist, they come up with a devious plan to use Allen as their pawn.
Triple 9's pulpy potboiler thrills don't quite live up to the ferocious talents of its cast, but the film's efficient, solidly crafted genre fun is often enough to balance its troublesome flaws.
Canonical reviews: 183
Canonical fresh: 99
Canonical rotten: 84
Canonical calculated Tomatometer: 183 (99/84), 54% (54.098% raw)
Latest snapshot UTC: 2026-10-16 15:37:11
Snapshot Tomatometer: 54%
Snapshot review count: 183
Snapshot fresh count: 99
Snapshot rotten count: 84
Source note: Imported from manual review paste batch #4696 (full_snapshot)
| Company | Role |
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| Open Road | distributor |
| Anonymous Content | production |
| MadRiver Pictures | production |
| Surefire Entertainment Capital | production |
| Billing | Name | Character |
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| 1 | Casey Affleck | Chris Allen |
| 2 | Chiwetel Ejiofor | Michael Atwood |
| 3 | Anthony Mackie | Marcus Belmont |
| 4 | Aaron Paul | Gabe Welch |
| 5 | Clifton Collins Jr. | Jorge Rodriguez |
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| ID | Critic | Outlet | Fresh? | Score | RT Time Raw | Approx Published UTC | Quote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 291429 | Matt Oakes | Silver Screen Riot | Fresh | B- | 2026-10-14T15:34:54.000Z | 2026-10-14 15:34:54 | 'Triple 9' honors the esteemed tradition of American crime films, tipping its hat hither and thither to the greats that preceded it, creating a circus of variably intriguing characters to smash into one another along the way. |
| 291430 | Brendan Cassidy | InSession Film | Rotten | B- | 2024-06-18T18:13:15.000Z | 2024-06-18 18:13:15 | That's what makes Triple 9 more disappointing than anything else; it's not a bad movie, but "not bad" shouldn't be good enough here... |
| 291431 | Erica Peplin | Vague Visages | Fresh | — | 2023-12-05T22:55:57.000Z | 2023-12-05 22:55:57 | Triple 9 probably won’t go down as one of the great heist films on par with Die Hard or The Italian Job, but it might. |
| 291432 | Don Shanahan | Every Movie Has a Lesson | Fresh | 3/5 | 2023-09-04T15:43:08.000Z | 2023-09-04 15:43:08 | Boasting a stellar top-shelf cast of dedicated, yet mismatched parts, "Triple 9" does its best to battle treacherous flaws. |
| 291433 | Grant Watson | Fiction Machine | Fresh | 7/10 | 2022-09-15T07:53:24.000Z | 2022-09-15 07:53:24 | Triple 9 is a good film, and an entertaining one, but it involves realising that there was a better film to be made out of its various ingredients than the film we actually got. |
| 291434 | Brian Eggert | Deep Focus Review | Fresh | 3/4 | 2022-04-22T03:32:38.000Z | 2022-04-22 03:32:38 | Though the ending feels rushed and not every character receives their due as a result, Triple 9 nonetheless provides a strong entry into the crime genre. |
| 291435 | Richard Crouse | Richard Crouse | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2021-02-03T16:32:05.000Z | 2021-02-03 16:32:05 | We've seen it all before, and frankly, seen it better before, so while Hillcoat doesn't reinvent the wheel he does point the wheel to a menacing underworld and doesn't take his foot off the gas till me gets there. |
| 291436 | Mike Massie | Gone With The Twins | Rotten | 2/10 | 2020-12-05T01:46:01.000Z | 2020-12-05 01:46:01 | The bad guys are bad, the good guys are bad, and the background characters are worse; even the dancers in a strip club are devoid of the usual glamor. |
| 291437 | Nicholas Bell | IONCINEMA.com | Fresh | 3/5 | 2020-10-08T23:00:18.000Z | 2020-10-08 23:00:18 | It's a sprawling, energetic thriller with enough star wattage to garner attention from the same audiences who so loved Scorsese's The Departed. |
| 291438 | Kelechi Ehenulo | Confessions From A Geek Mind | Fresh | 3/5 | 2020-07-17T12:10:52.000Z | 2020-07-17 12:10:52 | Triple 9 is not a perfect film nor a masterpiece. Given the cast attached to it, you will expect more especially as there's so much to focus on which results in a few outstanding plot holes. |
| 291439 | Allen Almachar | The MacGuffin | Fresh | B | 2020-07-13T19:27:03.000Z | 2020-07-13 19:27:03 | This is a nasty bit of pulp noir that knows what it is and makes no attempt to be otherwise. |
| 291440 | Brent McKnight | The Last Thing I See | Fresh | B- | 2020-07-03T18:34:41.000Z | 2020-07-03 18:34:41 | As the film ends on a freeze frame, you can't help but think Triple 9 could have been something great instead of just okay. |
| 291441 | Dan Scully | Cinema76 | Fresh | — | 2020-04-03T18:00:54.000Z | 2020-04-03 18:00:54 | Luckily, the screenplay by Matt Cook (his feature debut) moves at such a breakneck pace that it's hard to fault any lapses in character development. Add to this a cast packed with big talent, and we've got a heist/crime thriller worth watching. |
| 291442 | Tim Brennan | About Boulder | Rotten | — | 2020-02-13T00:22:14.000Z | 2020-02-13 00:22:14 | Triple 9 ain't bad, but it ain't good enough. |
| 291443 | David Harris | Spectrum Culture | Fresh | 3.25/5 | 2019-12-03T01:43:15.000Z | 2019-12-03 01:43:15 | It's worthy, but nothing really new. |
| 291444 | Leslie Combemale | Cinema Siren | Rotten | C- | 2019-10-22T17:41:21.000Z | 2019-10-22 17:41:21 | When not accompanied by expository dialogue and good character development, it all becomes just so much noise and confusion. |
| 291445 | Linda and Al Lerner | Movies and Shakers | Fresh | — | 2019-10-16T22:42:12.000Z | 2019-10-16 22:42:12 | Director [John] Hillcoat has done a good job weaving this together. It's not that hard to follow and the characters are pretty well developed. Hard to watch? Yes. It's long at over 2 hours. But stick with it. It's worth staying for the smart payoff. |
| 291446 | Alex Flood | One Room With A View | Rotten | 2/5 | 2019-04-12T23:07:47.000Z | 2019-04-12 23:07:47 | Director John Hillcoat is a master of the visceral, slightly depressing mood, so it's a surprise that he's whipped a completely different rabbit out of the hat with Triple 9. |
| 291447 | Mae Abdulbaki | Movies with Mae | Fresh | 3/5 | 2019-04-05T01:17:37.000Z | 2019-04-05 01:17:37 | "Triple 9" features a strong cast, which is why it's a bit disappointing that the film ultimately dries up, instead of firing on all cylinders. |
| 291448 | Abbie Bernstein | Assignment X | Rotten | B- | 2018-11-01T04:05:57.000Z | 2018-11-01 04:05:57 | Triple 9 is much more densely populated and eventful, but it winds up not being able to live up to the promise of its rich concept. |
| 291449 | Jennifer Heaton | Alternative Lens | Fresh | 7/10 | 2018-11-01T02:38:18.000Z | 2018-11-01 02:38:18 | Triple 9 does bring a couple of new ideas to the table and, though nothing it does is particularly groundbreaking, it is an entertaining ride whilst it lasts. |
| 291450 | Stephanie Cooke | Rogues Portal | Fresh | — | 2018-08-21T23:20:35.000Z | 2018-08-21 23:20:35 | It felt very smart... Triple 9 doesn't talk down to you. |
| 291451 | Jamie Neish | CineVue | Rotten | 2/5 | 2018-08-13T20:49:53.000Z | 2018-08-13 20:49:53 | A messy and unsophisticated cop drama that quickly stumbles into a spiritless slumber. |
| 291452 | Jordan Hoffman | Times of Israel | Rotten | — | 2018-02-01T20:51:16.000Z | 2018-02-01 20:51:16 | At the end of the day, stories need to be about characters, not types. While nothing that ought to inspire a letter writing campaign from the ADL,"Triple 9" fails to make it past shorthand. |
| 291453 | Robert Kojder | Flickering Myth | Fresh | 3/5 | 2017-12-04T05:03:18.000Z | 2017-12-04 05:03:18 | Triple 9 is a dark and cynical look at police corruption, filled with unlikable characters, but underneath all of that bleakness is a shotgun blast of gripping authenticity for the gang lifestyle presented |
| 291454 | Reagan Gavin Rasquinha | The Times of India | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2017-11-07T23:57:56.000Z | 2017-11-07 23:57:56 | Apart from an unnecessary profusion of subplots, you'll likely find this heist-thriller to be quite satisfying. |
| 291455 | Rachit Gupta | Filmfare | Rotten | — | 2017-10-31T21:36:29.000Z | 2017-10-31 21:36:29 | Bottom line: should you watch Triple 9? No! Is it a slick thriller? Yes, but only in its looks. |
| 291456 | Matthew Bond | The Mail on Sunday (UK) | Rotten | 1/5 | 2017-10-25T00:46:03.000Z | 2017-10-25 00:46:03 | Goodness, this is an unpleasant, unlikeable and pointlessly complicated picture. |
| 291457 | Sarah Marrs | Lainey Gossip | Fresh | — | 2017-10-16T23:10:15.000Z | 2017-10-16 23:10:15 | It's a reasonably effective thriller that works because of its A+ cast and one really well executed action set piece in the middle of the movie. |
| 291458 | Aramide Tinubu | Shadow and Act | Fresh | — | 2017-04-12T12:27:59.000Z | 2017-04-12 12:27:59 | The real screen stealer in Triple 9 is Clifton Collins Jr., as the quietly diabolical, dirty detective Rodriguez. He is a reason why this film will keep you glued to your seat. |
| 291459 | Candice Frederick | Reel Talk Online | Rotten | C | 2017-03-21T16:07:36.000Z | 2017-03-21 16:07:36 | It's the kind of crooked cop film that will likely wind up on a random list of 100 Crooked Cop Movies compiled in no ranking order... in the next few years. It's that derivative. |
| 291460 | Alistair Ryder | Film Inquiry | Rotten | — | 2017-02-18T02:15:20.000Z | 2017-02-18 02:15:20 | The problem with Triple 9 isn't that it is an uber-masculine piece of genre fiction - it is that it is a formulaic one without a distinctive personality. |
| 291461 | Michael O'Sullivan | Film Ireland Magazine | Rotten | — | 2017-01-03T14:02:52.000Z | 2017-01-03 14:02:52 | As a whole, the ideas, themes, and talent the film brings together don't quite blend well enough to be satisfying in this otherwise generic crime thriller. |
| 291462 | Rashid Irani | Hindustan Times | Rotten | 3/5 | 2016-12-31T23:30:02.000Z | 2016-12-31 23:30:02 | Triple 9 is best during the first third, introducing its rogues' gallery of characters and detailing their daily grind. Unfortunately, the last third is weighed down by predictable thriller trappings. |
| 291463 | Sean P. Means | Salt Lake Tribune | Rotten | 2.5/4 | 2016-12-31T23:29:11.000Z | 2016-12-31 23:29:11 | It's almost criminal the way the crime thriller Triple 9 strands a talented cast in a morass of mixed motivations and acting styles. |
| 291464 | Mike McCahill | MovieMail | Rotten | — | 2016-12-13T19:46:38.000Z | 2016-12-13 19:46:38 | When the last bullet hits, it's still the same old runaround, only with several new faces striking poses and emptying their weapons into one another. |
| 291465 | Paul Whitington | Irish Independent | Fresh | 4/5 | 2016-12-05T16:35:54.000Z | 2016-12-05 16:35:54 | Somehow, it all works, and Winlset almost makes us believe that Lady Macbeth has been reborn east of the Volga. |
| 291466 | Jesse Hassenger | Brooklyn Magazine | Rotten | — | 2016-11-29T21:42:57.000Z | 2016-11-29 21:42:57 | The sloppiness of the cops-and-robbers games starts to feel pointless, even as it remains generally compelling. Everyone in Triple 9 ultimately feels a bit like a supporting character -- even the filmmakers. |
| 291467 | Dwight Brown | National Newspaper Publishers Association | Fresh | — | 2016-11-08T17:04:05.000Z | 2016-11-08 17:04:05 | The solid direction, storytelling and acting by Hillcoat, Cook and the cast don't reinvent the crime/thriller genre. They just add to the trove. |
| 291468 | Fico Cangiano | CineXpress | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2016-08-18T17:30:28.000Z | 2016-08-18 17:30:28 | Should've been better for a John Hillcoat movie. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 291469 | Sara Michelle Fetters | MovieFreak.com | Rotten | 2.5/4 | 2016-08-15T13:46:05.000Z | 2016-08-15 13:46:05 | As for the final 20 minutes, they are a sudden burst of sound and fury signifying precious little of significance, pushing the thriller towards a frustrating final flurry of events that are as disappointing as they are unhappily inconsequential. |
| 291470 | Harry Guerin | RTÉ (Ireland) | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2016-07-26T14:01:35.000Z | 2016-07-26 14:01:35 | If you like your crime flicks grim and gritty you'll be able to fill your boots here. |
| 291471 | Helen O'Hara | Digital Spy | Rotten | 2/5 | 2016-07-18T12:51:33.000Z | 2016-07-18 12:51:33 | Triple 9 trips over its own lofty ambitions. |
| 291472 | Michael A. Smith | MediaMikes | Fresh | 4/5 | 2016-06-21T18:51:53.000Z | 2016-06-21 18:51:53 | The action set-pieces are well performed and director Hillcoat keeps the film moving from the first frame to the last. |
| 291473 | Dennis Schwartz | Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews | Fresh | B | 2016-06-14T08:11:22.000Z | 2016-06-14 08:11:22 | A complex heist thriller involving crooked cops and the Israeli-Russian mob. |
| 291474 | Mark Jackson | Epoch Times | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2016-06-08T14:21:56.000Z | 2016-06-08 14:21:56 | John Hillcoat makes manly movies. 'Triple 9' is a masculine motion-picture for men, at the multi-plex-more so in the man-cave. Don't spend the moolah; wait for it on Netflix. |
| 291475 | Richard James Havis | South China Morning Post | Fresh | 3/5 | 2016-06-07T21:20:30.000Z | 2016-06-07 21:20:30 | Director John Hillcoat doesn't bring anything new to the table, but he's crafted such a genuinely riveting movie that the familiarity barely matters. |
| 291476 | Noah Gittell | Washington City Paper | Rotten | — | 2016-05-20T18:27:42.000Z | 2016-05-20 18:27:42 | It's often a challenge to figure out exactly what Triple 9 is, a problem exacerbated by a script that packs in far too much plot and not nearly enough guidance in figuring it out. |
| 291477 | Craig Mathieson | The Sunday Age | Fresh | 3/5 | 2016-05-18T00:44:22.000Z | 2016-05-18 00:44:22 | All of Hillcoat's films are about worlds that have nightmarishly run of control ... It dives so deep into the pathology of corruption that no-one is untainted, and the grace notes are pure gore. |
| 291478 | José Martín | El antepenúltimo mohicano | Rotten | 2/5 | 2016-05-16T17:17:31.000Z | 2016-05-16 17:17:31 | Maybe if the filmmakers would've focused on it's main character instead of filling it wth subplots, the film might've had something new to offer to the genre. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 291479 | Mikel Zorrilla | Espinof | Rotten | — | 2016-05-06T13:02:07.000Z | 2016-05-06 13:02:07 | A very uneven film. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 291480 | Javier Ocaña | El Pais (Spain) | Rotten | — | 2016-05-05T20:58:33.000Z | 2016-05-05 20:58:33 | A visually strong film with hints of tragedy, but there are way too many lose ends. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 291481 | Jason Bailey | Flavorwire | Fresh | — | 2016-04-27T19:40:33.000Z | 2016-04-27 19:40:33 | A solid, sturdy little crime picture, in which a deep bench of fine actors have a great time playing good guys and bad guys (and variations between). |
| 291482 | Nandini Ramnath | Scroll.in | Fresh | — | 2016-04-15T18:18:14.000Z | 2016-04-15 18:18:14 | John Hillcoat packs the film with enough pulpy flavor and tension to transform the routine into something deep and perhaps even profound. |
| 291483 | Marija Djurovic | Cairo360 | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2016-03-28T17:07:37.000Z | 2016-03-28 17:07:37 | With one too many characters and plot threads to juggle with, Triple 9 never reaches the ambitions it aspires to. |
| 291484 | Matthew Toomey | ABC Radio (Australia) | Rotten | C+ | 2016-03-19T00:25:00.000Z | 2016-03-19 00:25:00 | Triple 9 is a complex story with simplistic characters. The two don't go together. |
| 291485 | John Lui | The Straits Times (Singapore) | Fresh | 3/5 | 2016-03-18T15:36:33.000Z | 2016-03-18 15:36:33 | For all its structural problems, there is enough style here to warrant a pass, once you get past Winslet's impressions of a Tzarina gone bad. |
| 291486 | David 'Mad Dog' Bradley | Rip It Up | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2016-03-15T15:46:14.000Z | 2016-03-15 15:46:14 | The glowering performances, jittery camerawork, odd script contrivances, nagging incoherence and endless testosterone-spraying make it a criminally unlikable experience. |
| 291487 | Gabi Zietsman | Channel24 (South Africa) | Rotten | 2/5 | 2016-03-11T13:38:18.000Z | 2016-03-11 13:38:18 | Despite having grand expectations with a killer cast, this cop noir fails to hit its stride. |
| 291488 | James Mottram | The National (UAE) | Fresh | 4/5 | 2016-03-10T17:31:36.000Z | 2016-03-10 17:31:36 | In recalling 1970s Hollywood classics such as Dirty Harry, The French Connection and Serpico, it is heartening to see that Hollywood still has the guts to deliver a film where redemption is a dirty word. |
| 291489 | Lou Lumenick | New York Post | Rotten | 2/4 | 2016-03-10T13:56:44.000Z | 2016-03-10 13:56:44 | There's a blue-chip cast running the gamut from A (Casey Affleck) to W (Kate Winslet) and terrific action sequences in Triple 9 - but in the end, this relentlessly nihilistic crime-caper thriller adds up to less than the sum of its impressive parts. |
| 291490 | Blake Howard | Graffiti With Punctuation | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2016-03-10T02:34:34.000Z | 2016-03-10 02:34:34 | Triple 9 is undercooked. |
| 291491 | James Kendrick | Q Network Film Desk | Rotten | 2/4 | 2016-03-09T22:08:09.000Z | 2016-03-09 22:08:09 | If we had a better sense of what was at stake, the characters and their various plights might have taken on more meaning |
| 291492 | David Nusair | Reel Film Reviews | Rotten | 1.5/4 | 2016-03-09T11:28:50.000Z | 2016-03-09 11:28:50 | An unqualified disaster... |
| 291493 | Stephen Silver | EntertainmentTell | Rotten | 2/5 | 2016-03-07T12:22:46.000Z | 2016-03-07 12:22:46 | Takes one of the year's deepest and most talented casts, and drops them into one of the most overstuffed, convoluted plots. (Splice Today) |
| 291494 | David Stratton | The Australian | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2016-03-04T13:38:01.000Z | 2016-03-04 13:38:01 | This is a boys' movie, a cinematic video game, full of sound and fury, but in the end amounting to disappointingly little. |
| 291495 | Jake Wilson | Sydney Morning Herald | Fresh | 2.5/5 | 2016-03-04T13:32:27.000Z | 2016-03-04 13:32:27 | Hillcoat makes the final product seem almost apocalyptic: a social panorama with a functioning society nowhere in sight. |
| 291496 | Gary Dowell | Dark Horizons | Fresh | — | 2016-03-04T13:15:44.000Z | 2016-03-04 13:15:44 | If it had been more lurid or more ridiculous, Triple 9 would at least function as a guilty pleasure. Instead, it's a poor man's Heat. |
| 291497 | Alison Willmore | BuzzFeed News | Fresh | — | 2016-03-04T11:34:47.000Z | 2016-03-04 11:34:47 | The movie involves a pair of heists, a prisoner abroad, corrupt cops, mobsters, gangsters, and more, and the parts are considerably better than the messy, unfocused whole. But oh, the parts can be a pleasure. |
| 291498 | Simon Miraudo | Student Edge | Fresh | 3/5 | 2016-03-03T19:30:55.000Z | 2016-03-03 19:30:55 | Less than the sum of its parts, it now joins the disappointing X-Men ensemble flicks in accomplishing only one exceptional feat: getting all those actors to set at the same time. |
| 291499 | Beth Accomando | KPBS.org | Fresh | — | 2016-03-03T17:27:18.000Z | 2016-03-03 17:27:18 | The film serves up a compelling and disturbing tale but it falls short of Hillcoat's best work, The Proposition. But I admire it for sticking to its bleak outlook and not pulling any punches. |
| 291500 | Bob Grimm | Reno News and Review | Fresh | 3/5 | 2016-03-03T15:27:09.000Z | 2016-03-03 15:27:09 | The movie is okay, but there needs to be a ban on actors chewing gum in the movies. |
| 291501 | Susan Granger | SSG Syndicate | Rotten | 5/10 | 2016-03-03T14:40:07.000Z | 2016-03-03 14:40:07 | Formidable, if incoherent, action-packed thriller, filled with dastardly double-crosses, greed and revenge. |
| 291502 | Daniel Barnes | Sacramento News & Review | Fresh | 3/5 | 2016-03-03T13:40:33.000Z | 2016-03-03 13:40:33 | The heist scenes are handled well, but the good cop/bad cop stuff feels rote, and the performances are largely leashed to clichés. |
| 291503 | Leigh Paatsch | Herald Sun (Australia) | Fresh | 3/5 | 2016-03-02T17:40:06.000Z | 2016-03-02 17:40:06 | While its vital signs might fluctuate wildly, there is a gritty resolve to this tale that ultimately rewards any perseverance sent its way. |
| 291504 | Jeffrey M. Anderson | Common Sense Media | Fresh | 4/5 | 2016-03-02T08:04:37.000Z | 2016-03-02 08:04:37 | Establishing himself as a director of tough genre films, John Hillcoat offers this multi-faceted, devilishly complex crime thriller without wasting any time on needless background. |
| 291505 | Damien Straker | Impulse Gamer | Rotten | 2/5 | 2016-03-01T02:08:33.000Z | 2016-03-01 02:08:33 | Considering the first rate cast assembled for Triple 9, directed by Australian filmmaker John Hillcoat, the film rates as a letdown. |
| 291506 | Katherine Monk | Ex-Press.com | Fresh | 3/5 | 2016-02-28T10:20:13.000Z | 2016-02-28 10:20:13 | Harrelson hurls the large pile of characters, meaningless dialogue and narrative debris aside, and keeps you waiting for his next scene... Sadly, he's not around nearly enough. Nor is Winslet. |
| 291507 | David Kaplan | Kaplan vs. Kaplan | Rotten | — | 2016-02-27T18:27:03.000Z | 2016-02-27 18:27:03 | The movie cries out for a central figure, and Affleck's character should have been it. |
| 291508 | James Berardinelli | ReelViews | Fresh | 3/4 | 2016-02-27T05:59:31.000Z | 2016-02-27 05:59:31 | Hillcoat's approach is to craft a pulse-pounding experience that employs a mixture of conventional footage and hand-held work. There's an immediacy to the most gripping scenes. |
| 291509 | Michael Fairbanks | The Young Folks | Rotten | C+ | 2016-02-26T18:42:08.000Z | 2016-02-26 18:42:08 | Having such a stacked cast ultimately serves to be Triple 9's greatest hindrance. There are so many characters here that the movie hardly has time to give any of them any personality. |
| 291510 | Peter Canavese | Groucho Reviews | Fresh | 3/4 | 2016-02-26T18:30:41.000Z | 2016-02-26 18:30:41 | A dark crime drama the rough-and-tumble Samuel Fuller no doubt would have loved. |
| 291511 | Matthew Lickona | San Diego Reader | Rotten | 1/5 | 2016-02-26T13:35:14.000Z | 2016-02-26 13:35:14 | The uneven thing [here] is John Hillcoat's direction: a tense, sustained journey through an apartment while lined up behind a bulletproof shield alternating with indulgent zooms and cuts depicting local color. |
| 291512 | Allison Shoemaker | Consequence | Rotten | C | 2016-02-26T11:46:47.000Z | 2016-02-26 11:46:47 | Triple 9 won't bore you, that's for sure. But neither will two hours of browsing YouTube. Perhaps it's best to think of it like one long highlight reel, and just sit back and enjoy the muddled, messy ride. |
| 291513 | Sandy Schaefer | Screen Rant | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2016-02-26T11:45:16.000Z | 2016-02-26 11:45:16 | Triple 9 has elements of greatness, but its talented cast and inspired directorial flourishes are offset by messy storytelling choices. |
| 291514 | Katie Walsh | Los Angeles Times | Fresh | — | 2016-02-26T10:07:13.000Z | 2016-02-26 10:07:13 | Hillcoat directs with a sense of immediacy and grimy realism, bringing the audience into the shootouts and bloodshed on the streets. Atlanta becomes another war zone for the men who have seen war, battling an enemy of a different race and culture. |
| 291515 | Jim Judy | Screen It! | Rotten | — | 2016-02-26T08:10:23.000Z | 2016-02-26 08:10:23 | Wastes both its impressive cast and the viewer's time in watching things unfold in a less than fascinating or engaging fashion. (Full Content Review for Parents - Sex, Violence, Profanity, etc. - Also Available) |
| 291516 | Greg Maki | Star-Democrat (Easton, MD) | Rotten | D- | 2016-02-26T07:23:16.000Z | 2016-02-26 07:23:16 | "Show, don't tell," the old saying goes. "Triple 9" does neither. |
| 291517 | Mike Ryan | Uproxx | Fresh | 6/10 | 2016-02-26T07:22:54.000Z | 2016-02-26 07:22:54 | "Worth the $15 to get out of the cold." |
| 291518 | Chris Barsanti | PopMatters | Rotten | 2/10 | 2016-02-26T07:06:19.000Z | 2016-02-26 07:06:19 | John Hillcoat's heist flick brings an embarrassment of acting riches to bear on a laughably disjointed script that can't decide whether to go for self-seriousness or self-parody. |
| 291519 | Michael Snydel | The Film Stage | Rotten | D+ | 2016-02-26T06:41:40.000Z | 2016-02-26 06:41:40 | An exhaustively cynical, morally empty crime film that has neither the pacing to work as a B-film or the loftier ideas to work as a serious investigation of corruption. |
| 291520 | Jonathan W. Hickman | The Newnan Times-Herald | Rotten | 5.5/10 | 2016-02-26T06:31:11.000Z | 2016-02-26 06:31:11 | Atlanta finally gets to play itself in a movie, but no one, not even "The Walking Dead's" Norman Reedus, who appears way too briefly in the movie, exhibits any sense of their Southern fried environment. |
| 291521 | Stephen Danay | Under the Radar | Rotten | 3.5/10 | 2016-02-26T06:20:12.000Z | 2016-02-26 06:20:12 | Triple 9 would have had a much greater chance of success as a season of a cable drama than as a two-hour film. |
| 291522 | Daniel M. Kimmel | North Shore Movies | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2016-02-26T06:16:01.000Z | 2016-02-26 06:16:01 | ...a good, gritty B-movie with a solid A-list cast. |
| 291523 | Christian Toto | HollywoodInToto.com | Fresh | 2.5/4 | 2016-02-26T05:18:54.000Z | 2016-02-26 05:18:54 | Bad cops. Badder Kate Winslet. And Triple 9's Woody Harrelson trumps them all. |
| 291524 | Willie Waffle | WaffleMovies.com | Rotten | 1/4 | 2016-02-26T04:29:24.000Z | 2016-02-26 04:29:24 | Two action packed heist scenes wrapped around a bunch of boring garbage. |
| 291525 | Gary Wolcott | Tri-City Herald | Fresh | 4/5 | 2016-02-26T04:13:18.000Z | 2016-02-26 04:13:18 | Triple 9 starts slow and builds to a nail-biting intensity equal to downing a few triple lattes. And Kate Winslet is unrecognizable. How fun is that? |
| 291526 | Brad Wheeler | Globe and Mail | Rotten | 2/4 | 2016-02-26T03:49:40.000Z | 2016-02-26 03:49:40 | Though compelling in the acting and cinematography, Triple 9's plot is by the numbers and about nothing. |
| 291527 | Steven Rea | Philadelphia Inquirer | Fresh | 2.5/4 | 2016-02-26T03:32:41.000Z | 2016-02-26 03:32:41 | Most parties concerned maintain their grim countenances, their characters struggling to find the sweet spot between honor and greed, between doing the right thing and doing the absolute worst. |
| 291528 | Joe Morgenstern | Wall Street Journal | Rotten | — | 2016-02-26T03:27:20.000Z | 2016-02-26 03:27:20 | "Triple 9" is as heartless as the people who infest it-the exception being a decent cop, Chris Allen, played by Casey Affleck-and mannered to the point of self-parody. |
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