The Numbers Station 2013

Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: This dreary spy drama is as flat and airless as the concrete bunker in which it unfolds. Read more

A.A. Dowd, AV Club: Cusack and Akerman scramble down a series of dimly lit, identical-looking passageways. The setting is as ill-defined as the characters. Read more

Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: A predictable hodgepodge of uninteresting psychological cat-and-mouse, dimly lighted action filmed by director Kasper Barfoed in standard-operating shaky-cam ... Read more

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: Akerman does work hard to keep up the energy level. Cusack, though, seems bored by the superficial proceedings, which don't even offer the distraction of a real romantic connection or a suspenseful confrontation. Read more

Lou Lumenick, New York Post: With Cusack's help, Barfoed holds your interest without resorting to car chases, a rarity in a contemporary thriller. Read more

Bill Stamets, Chicago Sun-Times: John Cusack replays his role as a lethal operative with occupational angst for a routine thriller with a female cryptographer at secret CIA site. Dire workplace issues ensue. Read more

Chuck Wilson, Village Voice: There are some decent shootouts, but the movie's strongest assets are the soulful performances ... Read more