Extreme Ops 2002

Elvis Mitchell, New York Times: Another wholly unnecessary addition to the growing, moldering pile of, well, extreme stunt pictures. Read more

Hank Sartin, Chicago Reader: In their quest for the youth market, Hollywood hacks often dress up their old script ideas in baggy pants and backward baseball caps, but I hope American kids aren't dumb enough to swallow this awful extreme-sports adventure. Read more

Christy Lemire, Associated Press: The impossible plot and laugh-out-loud dialogue would have been tolerable if the tricks were impressive. Read more

Manohla Dargis, Los Angeles Times: Some writer dude, I think his name was, uh, Michael Zaidan, was supposed to have like written the screenplay or something, but, dude, the only thing that I ever saw that was written down were the zeroes on my paycheck. Read more

Bruce Fretts, Entertainment Weekly: The film's most improbable feat? It didn't go straight to video. Read more

Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: The stunt work is top-notch; the dialogue and drama often food-spittingly funny. Read more

Tom Maurstad, Dallas Morning News: This film is so slick, superficial and trend-hoppy, that it's easy to imagine that a new software program spit out the screenplay. Read more

Jan Stuart, Newsday: An acceptably mindless sanctuary from the annual December attack of important movies duking it out for Oscar glory. Read more

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: Extreme Ops doesn't have two brain cells to rub together, but it's an extreme sports thrill ride with a certain appeal. Read more

Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star: A movie that feels like the pilot episode of a new teen-targeted action TV series. Read more

Time Out: This is a duff plot, but as an excuse to show lots of people with guns, a lot more people jumping around on snowboards and even more people repeatedly shouting 'Woooo!', it's unbeatable. Read more

Joe Leydon, Variety: An instantly forgettable snow-and-stuntwork extravaganza that likely will be upstaged by an avalanche of more appealing holiday-season product. Read more

Justine Elias, Village Voice: In between the icy stunts, the actors spout hilarious dialogue about following your dream and 'just letting the mountain tell you what to do.' Read more