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By Ethan Alter (997) for Television Without Pity (337) on 26 Sep 2013

Why make an average concert movie when you can make something as weirdly mesmerizing as Through the Never…

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By Jeffrey M. Anderson (3,573) for Common Sense Media (4,943) on 26 Sep 2013

It's genuinely unsettling, and Metallica's intense, adrenaline-fueled music makes the horror sequences all that much more atmospheric and…

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By Adam Graham (720) for Detroit News (2,682) on 26 Sep 2013

Metallica is as fierce and intense as ever, and the greatest hits set the band performs is a barrage of heavy riff-age that captures the band…

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By Matt Donato (975) for We Got This Covered (2,391) on 26 Sep 2013

Metallica: Through The Never is a fan experience like no other, but will only appeal to the die-hard demographic due to a minimalist storyline…

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By John Serba (472) for MLive.com (475) on 26 Sep 2013

A rolling tank of a concert film, all audio-visual artillery, an exercise in bombast designed to tickle the denim-clad cockles of the hesher faithful…

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By Bill Gibron (1,013) for PopMatters (2,617) on 26 Sep 2013

Metallica are a lean, mean business machine, still ballsy enough to pull off something as silly as Through the Never but seasoned enough to…

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By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 26 Sep 2013

In the real world, concerts build to a climax, then return for two or three more; on the screen, alas, Metallica: Through the Never just kind…

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By Dave Mcginn (33) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 26 Sep 2013

If this review had to be in pantomime, it would be me head-banging and busting out some gnarly air guitar for an hour straight – and loving…

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By Chris Hewitt (St. Paul) (2,277) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 25 Sep 2013

Metallica's music is not my thing, but the camerawork is so fluid and the musicianship on display is so impressive that they triumph over the…

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By August Brown (2) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 25 Sep 2013

The problem is that Antal and Metallica took two different movies — a fine live-band document and a supernatural end-of-days romp — and…

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By Tom Russo (407) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 25 Sep 2013

The guys in Metallica are here to remind us that there’s a band behind the rage rock…

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By Bruce Demara (410) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 25 Sep 2013

Through the Never succeeds as a concert film by serving up enough dazzling visual wizardry and good ol' thrash metal rock to make it a passably…

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By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 25 Sep 2013

Writer/director Nimród Antal and Metallica join forces to create one of the most eye-popping, ear-splitting rock shows ever put on the screen…

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By Colin Covert (1,936) for Minneapolis Star Tribune (2,416) on 25 Sep 2013

If half an hour of bizarro side-narrative fever dream is the price of admission for a gorgeously lensed, best-seat-in-the-house hour of chugging…

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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for Blu-ray.com (2,093) on 25 Sep 2013

Its buzz saw execution is magnificent, making sure the audience exits the theater with melted brains and blood pouring out of their ears, but…

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By Jim Farber (14) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 25 Sep 2013

One drawback: While the swooping and careening visuals capture the depth and darkness of an arena experience, the sound doesn’t…

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By Kyle Smith (1,916) for New York Post (6,650) on 25 Sep 2013

This movie is basically “Spinal Tap” minus the jokes…

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By Barbara Vandenburgh (315) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 25 Sep 2013

It makes for a unique sort of concert film, but also a weaker one…

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By Noel Murray (1,901) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 25 Sep 2013

Even at its goofiest, Through The Never brings back the communal appeal of those early concert films, which were often just a way for young…

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By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 25 Sep 2013

If you’re looking for an orgasmic trip to heavy-metal heaven, this is it…

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