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12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75The PlaylistJessica KiangThe PlaylistJessica KiangIt’s a sequel that, over a tighter running time, kicks against the law of diminishing returns, and only succumbs to it after a fight.
- 75New York PostKyle SmithNew York PostKyle SmithNajafi stages action scenes with an intense, queasy beauty and elevates what is in its outlines a routine crime drama to near-operatic proportions.
- 70The DissolveChris KlimekThe DissolveChris KlimekRarely has a life beyond the law seemed less enticing than it does in Babak Najafi’s bleak crime picture. It’s unrelentingly intense and utterly humorless, but there’s no denying the skill and brio with which it unspools.
- 70The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenFor the second film, Babak Najafi has succeeded Daniel Espinosa as director. The structure here is more mechanical, and the ambience scruffier, as the complicated story shifts from one disreputable lowlife to another.
- 60Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfToo many characters contribute to a dulling of the cross-cultural spark found in the original (and in the better-known A Prophet). Kinnaman doesn’t have as much to play with this time — without his double life, he’s just an unsmooth criminal.
- 50Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenThere's ultimately little in the way of authentically resonant drama underneath the film's self-conscious busy-ness.
- 50Village VoiceZachary WigonVillage VoiceZachary WigonNot fully understanding its own merits, Easy Money is accidentally fascinating in some moments, but purposefully formulaic in many more.
- 50Los Angeles TimesInkoo KangLos Angeles TimesInkoo KangThe emotional moments never land.
- 40New York Daily NewsNew York Daily NewsHow many times do these guys need to hear that crime doesn’t pay?