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11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyMade mainly by Yanks and New York-based Dominicans, the vibrant film bursts with local color and trades in very specific aspects of criminality, island-style.
- 70The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisLa Soga moves with a crazed energy that denies moral nuance. But the banal narrative (based on events in Mr. Perez's life) is elbowed aside by Josh Crook's eccentric direction and images that the cinematographer, Zeus Morand, brands with near-poetic intensity.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckAlthough at times the film gets bogged down in psychological murkiness, the relentless pace and brooding charisma of its star overcomes its narrative deficiencies.
- 60New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanThere's nothing about Josh Crook's cop saga that will strike you as new, but he and his talented lead do build an epic feel into this gritty tale of corruption.
- 55MovielineMichelle OrangeMovielineMichelle OrangeA film loaded with interest that somehow fails to be interesting, La Soga is inspired by true events and not much else.
- 50Village VoiceVillage VoiceIf La Soga feels neither gritty nor poignant enough to hit that sweet spot, it's not for a lack of sincerity.
- 50NPRScott TobiasNPRScott TobiasLa Soga isn't without redeeming qualities: Superfluous flashbacks aside, Crook keeps the action moving at a fast clip, cutting fluidly from the streets of Santiago to its criminal pipeline in Washington Heights, and he gets a sinister turn from Calderon, a veteran character actor who plays Rafa with a soulful swagger.
- 50New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoIf animal slaughter makes you queasy, this movie isn't for you. Along with several cockfights, there's a long scene in which a pig is butchered. The folks at PETA would be most unhappy. People don't fare much better than the animals, with blood flowing in a seemingly unending barrage of violence.