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Alex Chun, Los Angeles Times: While not much of a detective story, [director] Robinson's period film does provide a captivating look at the dynamics that turn Fernandez and Beck into serial killers. Read more
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor: Travolta gives a hangdog performance as the world-weary cop obsessed with rooting out the killers. Hayek and Leto share a few tart black comic moments as the film spirals into a bloodbath. Read more
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: Leto and Hayek make their erotic psychohistrionics fun, and John Travolta and James Gandolfini, as cops, work up a dour camaraderie. Read more
Ella Taylor, L.A. Weekly: Slipped into release with ominous lack of fanfare, this star-studded noir thriller is a halfhearted attempt to recast The Honeymoon Killers and Deep Crimson. Read more
Gene Seymour, Newsday: Strongly focused when it comes to atmosphere. But it strains too hard to contain its disparate plot elements. Read more
David Denby, New Yorker: The story of Fernandez and Beck may be grotesque comedy, but Todd Robinson tells it straight, without flinching from its piteousness, horror, or banality. Read more
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: It's with the focus on the police, though, that the script fails to truly connect. Read more
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: Oddly sterile. Read more
Lou Lumenick, New York Post: A rather plodding movie. Read more
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer: The film goes into such repulsive detail that it ends as a tract against capital punishment. Read more