Beyond Rangoon 1995

Caryn James, New York Times: A rare film, one that is intelligent, emotional and exciting. Read more

Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: In attempting to make its politics palatable as entertainment, the film has grafted them onto a boatload of Hollywood implausibilities whose excesses cripple believability. Read more

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Rick Groen, Globe and Mail: As an exercise in art, or even polemics, Beyond Rangoon is beyond redemption, but still works its occasional magic with extraordinary flair. Read more

Michael Sragow, New Yorker: Arquette gives the kind of mighty physical performance usually delivered by men in existential action classics like "The Wages of Fear," but she suffuses it with something all her own-she's bulletproof yet vulnerable. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Besides being an intelligent and gripping thriller with a solid grounding in real, recent historical events, Beyond Rangoon also gives movie-goers a rare opportunity to watch a female hero. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Because the film is well acted and directed, and the Malaysian locations are exotic and seductive, I got involved even though the story ... was so clearly concocted. Read more

Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle: Boorman's metaphysical musings might work if he integrated them more fully into his film, instead of making them secondary to action sequences. Read more

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Hal Hinson, Washington Post: An odd movie, brilliant in places, but frustrating all the same. Read more