Basic Critic Reviews

The teasing tale is told with such dispatch it will carry willing audiences along; genre staples of action, macho attitude and corruption through the ranks are delivered intact.Read the full review

The tepid result is like "Courage Under Fire" without the compelling Meg Ryan angle, or Travolta's 1999 "The General's Daughter" without the sexual squalor. It all feels a little moldy. Read the full review

Just not worth revisiting, unless one wants to tie one's brain into a knot for no discernible reward. Read the full review

So unashamedly confusing, so intent on piling twist upon twist upon twist, it makes your head hurt just trying to figure out what's happened. Read the full review

Their (Travolta/Jackson) teamwork was classic. Basic breaks up the team. What's up with that? Read the full review

Entertainment more suitable for the living room than the movie theater.Read the full review

Comes across as a cheesy, fundamentally unsatisfying experience. Read the full review

For twists to work, viewers have to feel like they're being led along, not jerked around, and James Vanderbilt's script eventually devolves into little more than a series of jerks, stopping short only of introducing evil twins and alien interlopers.Read the full review

Falls flat on two fronts: It's neither deep and interesting enough to be a brainteaser nor sufficiently thrilling to count as a mindless diversion.Read the full review