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17 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80EmpireKim NewmanEmpireKim NewmanWriter-director Gerard Johnson and chameleon-like star Ferdinando continue to impress with their strong collaboration here.
- 80Time Out LondonTrevor JohnstonTime Out LondonTrevor JohnstonHyena is startling, claustrophobic and penetrating in its analysis of the blurred lines involved in doing good.
- 75The PlaylistRodrigo PerezThe PlaylistRodrigo PerezSeedy, unsettling and nightmarish, director Gerard Johnson crafts a suspenseful and anxious journey despite the destination pointing to obvious points well known.
- 70Village VoiceAaron HillisVillage VoiceAaron HillisThe film's convoluted moral trajectory to hell may be as unoriginal as quoting Taxi Driver, and the pervasive violent menace can be needlessly punishing (including a drugged sexual assault), but as stylish, scorched-earth entertainment, it'll get you in its teeth.
- 60CineVueEd FranklCineVueEd FranklGerard Johnson's sophomore feature might look on the outset like the type of London crime thriller usually populated by Jason Statham, but it's more emotionally complex than its outset gives it credit for.
- 60The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawThe movie moves on to some grandstanding moments, before finally painting itself into a corner. The ending is frustrating: it runs out of ideas before the final credits. But Johnson packs an almighty punch.
- 60Total FilmMatt GlasbyTotal FilmMatt GlasbyHyena may be grim, but it’s also grimly engrossing in a way that gets under the skin.
- 60The DissolveScott TobiasThe DissolveScott TobiasThere’s nothing out of order here—the locales are appropriately dingy and atmospheric, the lead character is compellingly rotten, the plot tightens to a vise squeeze in the third act—but every beat that isn’t provided by The The strikes exactly where it’s expected.
- 38Slant MagazineKenji FujishimaSlant MagazineKenji FujishimaThe Gerard Johnson film's blanket cynicism is its most shopworn quality of all.