Paydirt

critic Reviews

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    Joe LeydonVariety
    Christian Sesma's derivative crime drama offers modest diversion for undemanding genre aficionados.
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    John DeForeHollywood Reporter
    Forces one to assume the writer/director sat down one morning to write his own Guy Ritchie-meets-Oceans caper, told himself, "hey, this is a breeze!" and got up before lunchtime having finished a script few other people would recognize as a movie at all.
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    Alix TurnerReady Steady Cut
    A lightweight and forgettable film about double-crossing deals in the desert, from Christian Sesma.
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    Jeffrey M. AndersonCommon Sense Media
    Built from a grab-bag of pieces borrowed from other heist movies but assembled in a way that makes little sense, this B movie has dull characters and an unhappy use of throat cancer survivor Kilmer.
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    Peter SobczynskieFilmCritic.com
    Paydirt veers from a failed genre exercise into borderline cruel exploitation and the only really good thing to say about it is that few people outside of Kilmer's most devoted fans will ever bother to watch it.
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    Josh BellCrooked Marquee
    Just a rote, plodding checklist of direct-to-video thriller elements, from the faux-titillating sex scenes to the tax-credit locations to the random semi-famous faces in supporting roles.
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    Anthony Ray BenchFilm Threat
    If you're into these types of movies where the criminals are the good guys, and the plot is thin and far-fetched, this one will be a more than decent way to kill 90 minutes.
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    Brian OrndorfBlu-ray.com
    "Paydirt" is largely comatose, unwilling or unable to deliver a lively overview of illegal happenings and the eccentrics who make a mess of everything.
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    Julian RomanMovieWeb
    Paydirt is a godawful Guy Ritchie knockoff that fails utterly as a heist flick.
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    Niall BrowneMovies in Focus
    There's a lot of fun to be had with writer/director Christian Sesma's Paydirt. Headlined by Luke Goss and Val Kilmer, Sesma's thriller plays like Ocean's 11 filtered through a Quentin Tarantino prism.
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