The Big Hit Critic Reviews

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Boston Globe | Jay CarrAdd Critic to Favorites

The last word in good-time mayhem.Read the full review

San Francisco Chronicle | Peter StackAdd Critic to Favorites

Score it big-time inane but a load of fun.Read the full review

USA Today | Susan WloszczynaAdd Critic to Favorites

Far from redundant. That's because (Kirk) Wong deftly balances the outrageous stunts. [24 April 1998, p. 6E]Read the full review

Variety | Leonard KladyAdd Critic to Favorites

Unquestionably a slick piece of goods. The training and experience of Wong and his crew --- culled largely from such action series as "La Femme Nikita" and "Once a Thief" --- keep the film lively and vivid.Read the full review

ReelViews | James BerardinelliAdd Critic to Favorites

This movie isn't afraid of venturing into the realm of bad taste -- in fact, it revels in it. Read the full review

Los Angeles Times | Jack MathewsAdd Critic to Favorites

That rarest of all genre hybrids, the screwball-romantic-action-situation-black comedy. Rare for good reason. Who'd want to see a thing like that?Read the full review

The New York Times | Lawrence Van GelderAdd Critic to Favorites

A high-concept, low-reward hodgepodge that mingles elaborate stunts and shootouts with stereotypical ethnic humor.Read the full review

Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites

The characters in these movies exist in a Twilight Zone where thousands of rounds of ammunition are fired, but no one ever gets shot unless the plot requires him to.Read the full review

Entertainment Weekly | David EverittAdd Critic to Favorites

It's tempting to brand the film anti-Semitic, but it's so utterly pointless it lacks even that distinction.Read the full review

The Onion (A.V. Club) | Nathan RabinAdd Critic to Favorites

The Big Hit goes beyond the call of duty in terms of hateful, crass exploitation.Read the full review

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