3 Days to Kill

It plays better than it reviews — the watch lands harder than the write-ups suggest.

• “Without Costner’s movie star equity, this thing could have fallen apart in the first 30 minutes. He keeps us involved, even as we’re thinking: Wait, WHAT just happened?”

  Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times · 75

• “3 Days to Kill might not be art, but it's better than most of the overtly violent action fare that litters the multiplexes these days, thanks largely to the fact that its heart is almost as big as its explosions.”

  Drew Taylor, The Playlist · 67

• “Daft and sloppy as it is, 3 Days rarely fails to entertain.”

  Roger Moore, McClatchy-Tribune News Service · 63

• “Like Liam Neeson's "Taken" series, Costner's 3 Days to Kill finds its absentee-dad action hero facing off against hordes of goons and gorillas - not to rescue his loved ones, but to prove himself to them, and maybe get a little extra quality time, too.”

  Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer · 63

• “It’s all absurd in a way that is typical Besson. But it’s also undeniably entertaining, and it marks a relatively pain-free way to kill, if not three days, at least a couple of hours.”

  Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter · 60