Review of Metro (1997) by Stephen Holden for The New York Times — 24 Jul 2013
But long before the last car has been flipped, this flurry of flying metal has lost its edge. The vehicular pirouettes and ski jumps are so exaggerated that they correspond neither to the urban geography nor to the laws of physics.
And the jiggling camera can't blur the careless mechanical stitching in a sequence that tries to make up for in length what it lacks in inventiveness.
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This review of Metro (1997) was written by Stephen Holden and published by The New York Times on 24 Jul 2013.
Metro has generally received mixed reviews.
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