Erased starts out strong...but for the rest of the running time, we are watching Ben catch up with us, and that makes for uninteresting cinema no matter how kinetic the action.
60
Time Out LondonGuy Lodge
Time Out LondonGuy Lodge
Don’t tell Liam Neeson, but someone had the gall to make a violent Euro-thriller about a rampaging American dad without him. And not a bad one either.
50
Slant MagazineAndrew Schenker
Slant MagazineAndrew Schenker
The film seldom pushes beyond the bare-minimum dictates of the thriller, only rarely offering up a memorable action sequence.
50
Village VoiceChuck Wilson
Village VoiceChuck Wilson
A thriller whose storytelling ingredients are so familiar that one could watch it with the sound off and still know what's going on.
40
Total FilmPaul Bradshaw
Total FilmPaul Bradshaw
Eckhart makes a decent Damon stand-in, but there’s nothing here than hasn’t been done (better) before.
This semi-efficient, Belgian-set timewaster fuses Taken with Unknown, and almost works.
40
Time OutEric Hynes
Time OutEric Hynes
Eckhart’s status as the most likable too-handsome man this side of Chris Isaak will endure long after this film is erased from memory — which starts immediately.