Critic Reviews

• Trevor Johnston, Time Out

  The spiralling plot becomes increasingly academic while it seems to think it's being terribly clever.

• David Parkinson, Radio Times

  Despite Sewell's laconic ruthlessness, Stephens's steely taciturnity and Byrne's world-weary arrogance, there's an all-round lack of conviction.

• Alistair Harkness, Scotsman

  The latest attempt to make a British Michael Mann-style crime epic based on a fundamental misunderstanding of what Michael Mann actually does as a filmmaker.

• Rich Cline, Contactmusic.com

  Sadly, there has been such a glut of gun-packed London crime thrillers, that it simply isn't enough to make one that looks good and has a fierce energy: you need a solidly structured plot that goes somewhere unexpected.

• Donald Clarke, Irish Times

  Everybody's a supporting player. Nobody finds a trajectory worth following. Everybody is modestly corrupt. Nobody is believably conflicted.

• Derek Malcolm, This is London

  [A] smartly made but twirly-plotted thriller ...

• David Jenkins, Little White Lies

  Oh lord, that was a genuinely complex and gripping London-set noir.

• Peter Bradshaw, Guardian [UK]

  It's a stylish and involving experience, with an intriguing touch of Mike Hodges. Isaac is a film-maker with a future.

• Stefan Pape, HeyUGuys

  All Things to All Men is relentless and entertaining in its fast paced narrative: a film that allows no respite from beginning to end.

• Matthew Turner, ViewLondon

  It's ultimately let down by a confusing script and a frustratingly distant approach to its characters.

• Andy Lea, Daily Star

  Dreary, ridiculous and utterly unfathomable.

• Siobhan Synnot, Scotsman

  Stylishly shot, but drained of power by flavourless writing.

• Andrew Osmond, Empire Magazine

  Wants to be Heat, ends up closer to a high-gloss episode of The Bill.

• George Bass, Total Film

  It's not often you find a crime thriller that doubles as a tourist information video.

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