Welcome to the Punch

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Welcome to the Punch

R

2013

1h 39m

Action

Crime

Drama

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When a notorious criminal is forced to return to London, it gives a veteran detective one final chance to bring the man to justice.

Critics Consensus

Welcome to the Punch is a little deeper and more thoughtful than most police dramas -- but not quite enough to surmount its thinly written characters and numbing violence.

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Deborah Ross

The Spectator

09/04/2018

As a rule, I love James McAvoy with all my heart, but he just isn't cut out to be a scowling, hardened action hero. Too sweet, too downy, never sufficiently unreconstructed enough. I always want to pet him.

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Robert Abele

Los Angeles Times

03/29/2013

3/5

"Welcome to the Punch" is derivative, dumb fun.

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Sara Stewart

New York Post

03/29/2013

1.5/4

One straight-faced gunfight after another, signifying nothing.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

09/06/2022

2/4

There’s nothing very wrong about Welcome to the Punch, but there’s also very little about this urban cop yarn that proves to be anything more than serviceable.

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Katie Smith-Wong

Flick Feast

11/21/2019

3.5/5

Tense, beautifully shot and great performances from its male leads, Welcome To The Punch is more than your average British cop film and it's an appreciated addition to the genre.

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

08/09/2019

Can't avoid feeling like an appetizer before the real meal.

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deus e

@RT19638220 Jan 18

Excellent sets, decent action, atrocious dialogue.

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Andrew Y

@RT62397389 Oct 4

A reviewer wrote that this is comparable to Get Carter with Michael Caine - sometimes you just have to wonder what folks are watching? That’s utter nonsense . Believe me, this is a million miles away from that brilliant film. It has average British actors trying their best with a less than average script. The lead is hopelessly miscast too which doesn’t help. The story is ridiculous - and, tbh, I can’t even be bothered to write anymore. It’s poor, end of………….

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TheVamppir8

@RT15683638 07/09/2023

Absolutely rubbish like a bad BBC episode of the bill. Cast from z Listers. Plot thinner than my wife's gravy. In the recycling it goes. Best bit of editing was the trailer that got me to waste 2 quid on music magpie.

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Justin W

@Loonsan 08/02/2022

The plot needs some touch of lemon squeeze to give it some sissy to be good action... too much drama...

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Jelisije J

@jjosifovic 03/31/2022

When a movie relies on its star power to save it from its mediocre plot.

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Jerod S

@jeroduptown 08/23/2021

There is no saving this film from bad storytelling. McAvoy doesn't have a chance to strong arm this narrative that gives no clear direction on what we want justice for or whose side we're on. Just bikes and explosions and meh.

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Synopsis

When a notorious criminal is forced to return to London, it gives a veteran detective one final chance to bring the man to justice.

Director: Eran Creevy
Producer: Rory Aitken, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Ben Pugh
Screenwriter: Eran Creevy
Distributor: IFC Films
Production Co: Scott Free Productions, Worldview Entertainment, Automatik
Rating: R (Violence|Language)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 27, 2013, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 4, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $3.4K
Runtime: 1h 39m

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