"More inert than argon gas and given over to obvious directorial hissy fits, Babylon A.D. is like a bad dream a cyberpunk once had" - Bill Gibron

"French director Kassiovitz himself has decried the theatrical cut of Babylon A.D., and watching the film it's easy to understand why: whole chunks of plot, much less their explanation, have clearly been excised." - Todd Gilchrist

"Fans of Pitch Black, hoping Diesel would reprise the stone-faced Richard Riddick role here will be disappointed." - Jordan Mintzer

"Yes, Death Race is as brutal as a punch in the face. If you have a hankering for B-movie grime and gore, it can also be a lot of fun." - Stephen Cole

"There's no pretense here -- even the satire [Death Race] is as sophisticated as an Alabama bumper sticker -- but if I'm forking over my gas money to see chases, crashes, booby-traps and body counts, I probably wasn't in the mood for Pride and Prejudice anyway." - Kevin Williamson

"Filled with weaponized vehicles, pyrotechnics, exploding skulls and some mesmerizingly enormous female breasts - but no sex or love-stuff - "Death Race" seems almost scientifically designed to trigger every boy's prepubescent pleasure-centers." - Rafer Guzman

"Thanks to its character interplay, the movie doesn't drag despite taking a good 40 minutes to really rev its engines. And the racing that ensues is as loud, fast, hyper-edited, and pulverizingly destructive as the gladiatorially minded would hope." - Tom Russo

"And while steel-plated cars bristling with firepower are guaranteed to get adolescent hearts stirring, the movie offers myriad pleasures for adults." - Jason Heck

"One more reason why Joan Allen is the most underrated actress of her generation: While Meryl Streep and Tilda Swinton are fine, multifaceted talents, neither one could pull off the line "Activate the Death Heads!" or "Release the Dreadnaught!" without looking completely ridiculous." - Peter Hartlaub

"It's one of those vicious larks that just plain hit the spot. It hits the spot, throws 'er into reverse and hits the spot again, before machine-gunning it and ramming it head-on for the fun of it." - Michael Phillips

"Briskly paced and art-directed with the look of grim decay that you associate with an obsolete but still cranking oil refinery, the film knows when to pile on the clichés and when to include a few surprising twists." - Donald Munro

"The car chases and most of the characters are thrillingly executed, with 5,000-horse-power smash-'em-ups shredding the screen." - Kyle Smith