Mal Vincent The Virginian-Pilot Mar 2, 2022 1/4

It may be beneath contempt but, at the same time, it deserves contempt.

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David Nusair Reel Film Reviews Apr 17, 2021 2/4

...fares best in its briskly-paced (and rather promising) opening stretch...

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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Jan 23, 2018 C+

Seagal gives us a fairly good Bruce Lee impression in a film that is more moronic than it should be.

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Quentin Curtis Daily Telegraph (UK) Nov 22, 2017

John Gray's The Glimmer Man is strictly for Steven Seagal fans (if there is such a species).

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Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com Sep 10, 2005 2/4

Keenen Ivory Wayans is so much more interesting, lively, and fun than Seagal you wish that he were the star of the film.

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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jul 22, 2005 2/5

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Daniel M. Kimmel Worcester Telegram & Gazette Feb 8, 2004 2/5

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Dragan Antulov rec.arts.movies.reviews Apr 14, 2003 2/10

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Robert Roten Laramie Movie Scope Mar 16, 2003 2/4

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Rob Blackwelder SPLICEDWire Oct 18, 2002 1/5

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Richard Harrington Washington Post Jan 22, 2002

The plot of The Glimmer Man involves not only the Family Man but Our Evil Secret Government, the Russian Mafia and Rich Powerful Politicians -- the three stooges of action cinema in the '90s.

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Jack Mathews Los Angeles Times Feb 14, 2001

Most of the action scenes occur in the dark and are so heavily edited, it's hard to know whose limbs and faces are being splintered by Cole.

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Sean P. Means Film.com Jan 1, 2000

A brutish action movie that is as improbable as it is annoying.

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James Berardinelli ReelViews Jan 1, 2000 1.5/4

All-in-all, what we have here is 'classic' Seagal. And that means, for anyone who isn't an admitted fan, an uninspired outing.

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Susan Stark Detroit News Jan 1, 2000 1/4

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John Hartl Film.com Jan 1, 2000

Just as foolish and formulaic as it sounds.

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Jeff Millar Houston Chronicle Jan 1, 2000

Subtract the gruesomeness, the language and some nekkid stuff, and the film is indistinguishable from an episode of a TV cop show.

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Dale Winogura Boxoffice Magazine Jan 1, 2000 2.5/5

A lean and mean exploitation thriller, The Glimmer Man might not be original or memorable, but the goods are delivered with reasonable flair and efficiency.

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Jeff Vice Deseret News (Salt Lake City) Jan 1, 2000 0/4

Yet another action-thriller that just isn't very thrilling.

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Liz Braun Jam! Movies Jan 1, 2000 2/5

Your average five-year-old could have constructed a plot with fewer holes in it.

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