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22 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzA riotous and gleefully delirious assault on the senses. It is vulgar. It is absurd. And it is completely enthralling.
- 75IndieWireKate ErblandIndieWireKate ErblandThe explosions might not be as big on the streaming screen, but they’re as bonkers as ever.
- 50VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeIt’s certainly not great literature, but if you can get past the imbecilic script, there’s no question that Bay has seized the opportunity to make 6 Underground as visually stunning as such a project can withstand.
- The film is a pure expression of the id for a filmmaker who thrives on moving at 100 cuts per second; for everyone else, as the expression goes, your mileage may vary.
- 50ScreenCrushMatt SingerScreenCrushMatt SingerThis is a blast of Bayhem so pure and unfiltered that when a detached human eyeball gets used as a “funny” prop during the first action sequence, it feels like Michael Bay declaring his intentions: This movie is going to blow your f—ing eyeballs out.
- 50RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoRogerEbert.comBrian Tallerico6 Underground is definitely some awfully loud shit.
- 40CNNBrian LowryCNNBrian Lowry6 Underground proves so uneven in its tone and unrelenting in its volume that it's hard to imagine a hole deep enough in which to bury its silliness.
- 40Los Angeles TimesMark OlsenLos Angeles TimesMark OlsenAfter a strong start the movie steadily declines, one set piece after another, and there are many moments where the mind wanders and then asks: “Is this still going on?”
- 35TheWrapSimon AbramsTheWrapSimon AbramsThe predictably loud and shockingly boring action caper 6 Underground is one-man-brand director Michael Bay’s answer to the “Fast & Furious” series.
- 30The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeYou might think that director Michael Bay is angling to make his star, Ryan Reynolds, the Tom Cruise of a dumber, car-crashier version of the Mission: Impossible films. But what his new 6 Underground actually feels like is the over-serious pilot episode of a gimmick-d