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Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: The movie deftly shifts from its initial chase thriller mode to a grueling, offbeat tale of human survival. Read more
Richard Brody, New Yorker: Under the guise of current events, Skolimowski artfully conjures an elemental archetype of human life itself. In English, Polish, and Arabic. Read more
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail: Stripped of its political vestments, Essential Killing is a chase film almost existential in its rawness and virtually silent in its unfolding -- just a pursued man reduced by circumstance to a primitive state. Read more
Peter Howell, Toronto Star: View it as an existential thriller illustrating how violence begets violence. Read more