So began a battle to stay alive that has involved more than 70 drugs and a staggering series of twists and turns, including a stem cell transplant that almost killed him. (sciencemag.org)
Though Boyle masks a lot of the script's problems with some nifty visuals and the same kinetic energy prevalent in his other films, the frantic pace only lasts so long before the story grinds to a halt, suffocated by a never - ending series of twists and red herrings that makes it almost impossible to discern what's real. (blog.bullz-eye.com)
An action movie filmed more in the conventional vein of Aldrich's The Dirty Dozen than his hysterical noir masterpiece Kiss Me Deadly (the next film he would make, one year later), but the plot's an entertaining series of twists and double - crossings. (theendofcinema.net)