Here Whedon and Goddard look like they're abandoning their convictions for what their film should be, and pandering to modern blockbuster viewers and their incessant craving for elaborate action sequences and expensive special effects. (metacritic.com)
There is a palpable lack of energy evinced by all concerned, even in the heat of the most elaborate action sequences. (killermoviereviews.com)
Just about everyone in «Into the Badlands» is hiding some sort of secret — a pregnancy, a mistress, an agenda, a fatal illness — and Dobkin and fight director Stephen Fung intercut the tawdry, page - turning plot points with a steady stream of almost comically elaborate action sequences. (thewrap.com)