The Action Elite gave the film 4.5 stars and called it "one of the best action films of the year", while Shock Till You Drop described it as "a fun ride filled with fights, guns and more blood than you can fill a barrel with.
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But the movie can't forget the grating premise that got it to this point". The Hollywood Reporter was more mixed in its review, stating that "the scenes inside the barricaded station offer plenty of tension and crazy-enough-to-work schemes with which the outgunned, outnumbered good guys might outwit their captors.
It brings the pain and something a lot of action movies are missing these days: fun". Variety and Twitch Film both praised the film for its approach to old school action, with film critic Chase Whale of Twitch writing that it was "a rollicking blast. It was released across North America on Jand became available on Netflix July 14, 2016.Ĭritical reception for Gridlocked has been mostly positive. It premièred in China on Jat the Shanghai International Film Festival as part of Jackie Chan's Action Movie Week, and was nominated for several awards alongside films such as Ip Man 3, Point Break and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. The film had its world première at Fantastic Fest in Austin on September 26, 2015, and had its Canadian première at Toronto After Dark on October 20 where it won Best Action Film. The film set a record for the most bullets fired on screen in a Canadian film. The majority of filming took place in an abandoned meat packing plant, which the producers turned into a studio for the duration of the shoot.Īll of the effects, including gun shots and blood, were done practically with the exception of a few digital enhancements. was previously set to play the lead role, but he was replaced by Purcell. Principal photography on the film began Jin Toronto, Ontario and lasted for five weeks. Former SWAT leader David Hendrix ( Dominic Purcell) and arrogant movie star Brody Walker ( Cody Hackman) must cut their ride-along short when a police training facility is attacked.
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