Samaritan

"Stallone provides just the right amount of world-weary gravitas and deadpan humour to put over the hokey material."

"A watchable but chintzy slice of graphic-novel hellfire."

"A solidly entertaining riff on classic comic-book themes, with a blockbuster polish and an indie-film spirit."

"A surprisingly agreeable blend of ultraviolent ’80s action flick and grim, dark 21st-century superhero fantasy."

"While Stallone occasionally seems to be enjoying himself, the fun suffers from a lingering sense that a massive lesson or “twist” is about to come down at any minute."

"This might be a one-and-done effort, but I wouldn’t mind seeing an expansion of the Greater Samaritan County."

"Samaritan eventually runs out of redeeming qualities."

"Not even Stallone’s still considerable screen power can do anything about an identity crisis."

"A mechanical retread of better movies and ideas."

"Stallone is good as this conflicted blend of Rocky and Batman, with a bit of Thor thrown in."

"Even a failed attempt at making a superhero movie out of whole cloth rather than pre-existing IP is welcome, particularly one that challenges the genre’s mores."

"Wastes a great concept on a formulaic superhero story..."