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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Time OutAlex GodfreyTime OutAlex GodfreyIt is wittier, warmer and more unpredictable than it has any right to be.
- 60The GuardianLeslie FelperinThe GuardianLeslie FelperinFinal Score puts a cheeky British spin on the set-up.
- 60VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyPark your brain cells in the lobby, and this U.K. production about a terrorist attack on a London soccer stadium — with Dave Bautista as Bruce Willis plus 100 or so extra pounds of muscle — is an entertainingly over-the-top ride that doesn’t even try to be “credible.” It’s not quite daft or otherwise distinctive enough to be memorable.
- 60Los Angeles TimesKevin CrustLos Angeles TimesKevin CrustThe characters are familiar movie types sufficiently fleshed out and well performed to hit all the emotional and comedic cues. The fight scenes and stunts — especially a masterfully choreographed motorcycle chase throughout the stadium — and a lack of obvious CGI provide the requisite thrills.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckBautista has the low-key charisma, natural appeal and formidable physicality necessary for an action star, and he makes Final Score worth watching (at home while eating pizza and drinking beer, preferably) despite its endlessly derivative elements.
- 50Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreDirector Scott Mann did the all-star but little-seen “Heist” a few years back, and wrings what he can out of this tired plot. For me, the picture started with a bang, leveled off and then gently nose-dived in the third act.
- 40EmpireJonathan PileEmpireJonathan PileA nice idea, and the setting makes it instantly more interesting to a UK audience, but it’s let down by lapses into cliché and by simply not being audacious enough with its action set-pieces.
- 38Slant MagazineSlant MagazineTo observe that the Dave Bautista-starring action flick Final Score is yet another Die Hard knockoff may be tiresome, but it's not as if the film gives one much of a choice, as it offers up a ceaseless barrage of scenes lifted from the John McTiernan classic.
- 38ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliA fully disengaged brain is probably the key to enjoying Final Score. Employing even basic logic engenders a recognition of how truly stupid this screenplay is, especially when it comes to the resolution.