Eddie Harrison film-authority.com Sep 3, 2023 3/5

…as an accidental comedy, Chill Factor has plenty to offer slumming cineastes, with weak, colourless leads, a slavering, snarling villain, and some ludicrous but entertaining action scenes…

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Enrique Fernandez South Florida Sun-Sentinel Aug 18, 2021 1.5/4

It doesn't bother me too much that this is silly; like everyone else in the theater, I'm here for the thrills. But Chill Factor doesn't let me have any with my brain.

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Chris Ward Flickering Myth Jul 28, 2019

This dull and uninspiring mess has very little to offer other than an unoriginal idea in an under-utilised setting.

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Ron Givens New York Daily News Jun 11, 2013

This is a cookie-cutter buddy movie, as predictable as they come.

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Nathan Rabin AV Club Jun 11, 2013

As an unintentional send-up of the predictability and wretchedness of modern action-comedies, Chill Factor is hilarious. Sadly, however, no one involved seems to realize the silliness and transgressive stupidity of its sub-direct-to-video-thriller script.

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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Jun 11, 2013 2/4

Nobody questions this logic, but then there are a lot of logical gaps in this movie.

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Milton Kent Baltimore Sun Jun 11, 2013 3/4

Gooding possesses so much boundless energy that he practically dares you not to care, not to get involved, not to root for his success.

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Cynthia Fuchs Philadelphia City Paper May 3, 2012

Cuba Gooding Jr. delivers another Pepsi One performance.

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Nell Minow Common Sense Media Dec 22, 2010 2/5

Generic, unoriginal and pretty stupid.

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Susan Stark Detroit News Mar 10, 2007 2/4

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Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader Mar 7, 2007

The stunt work is pretty good, the brain work close to nonexistent.

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Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid May 26, 2006 1.5/4

Each and every action scene is stolen from some other movie.

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Wally Hammond Time Out Feb 9, 2006

The atmosphere is winning, with the odd felicity peppering the journey with gags and groans.

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Robin Clifford Reeling Reviews Apr 9, 2005 D

We've been here before and it's been done better, much better.

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Kate Manning Palo Alto Weekly May 20, 2003 2/4

Willful suspension of disbelief won't do it.

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John R. McEwen Film Quips Online Feb 8, 2003 1/5

Blends lousy screenwriting with a totally ridiculous premise, and flavors it lovingly with unrealistic situations and unfathomable directing choices.

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Kim Newman Sight & Sound Dec 2, 2002

Neither Ulrich's brooding intensity nor Gooding's funky panic act (he whines throughout the stunt work) add much to the enterprise.

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Susan Granger rec.arts.movies.reviews Nov 5, 2002 3/10

It's toxic, all right.

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Betty Jo Tucker ReelTalk Movie Reviews Aug 2, 2002

Its visual thrills and solid performances combine to make it an above average film treat.

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