Tarsem loses his audience in actionized nonsense, leaving the story's best ideas to remain under-developed, if developed at all.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jun 9, 2022

What should have been a tale of slowly uncorrupting a callous, wayward soul becomes a standard sci-fi body-swapping yarn full of obligatory action sequences.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/10 | Dec 4, 2020

I do wonder what Singh and writers Alex and David Pastor might have done if they had avoided the trite, explosive tropes of an action film for something that actually touched upon the many issues raised by their basic body swap plot...

Full Review | Mar 11, 2020

Self/less falls a bit short of what it could have been but still manages to deliver a thrilling action movie. Perhaps it would have been more suspenseful had we invested in the characters.

Full Review | Original Score: 6.5/10 | Nov 13, 2019

Ryan Reynolds makes most films he's in at least worth a watch, but even he can't hide the fact that Self/less is a brain/less and life/less movie.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | May 7, 2019

The film-makers eschew any attempt to tackle the deep themes the storyline initially throws up.

Full Review | Feb 21, 2019

Self/less turns into a generic chase film, but the really sad aspect of it is that we can see the potential for something honestly thought-provoking and moving that the execution destroys before it can blossom.

Full Review | Original Score: C | Dec 14, 2018

Reynolds is fantastic as the morally conflicted hero, a fascinating combination of Hamlet and Hulk; and the supporting cast, including Goode, Kingsley and the always engaging Victor Garber, is spot on.

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10 | Nov 14, 2018

It is a messy film, with many points of interest, multiple sources for character motivation, and frantic sways between emotion and action.

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10 | Aug 30, 2018

A high action, shoot 'em up flick that bombards your senses as well as your common sense.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 21, 2018

Self/less is a movie with ideas that are disappointingly traded in for a series of bland action sequences

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 3, 2017

Don't expect lofty explorations of the nature of the individual; just shoot-outs and car chases.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 30, 2017

This movie is a complete waste of time and no one should see it.

Full Review | Oct 16, 2017

Self/less is the most banal kind of science fiction, with none of its rehashed ideas developed in any but the most cursory way.

Full Review | Oct 11, 2017

When read as a high-octane action movie, Self/less has its moments. Just don't think too hard about any of them, or you, too, might need pills to keep it all together.

Full Review | Jun 2, 2017

Self/Less is a film which is watchable to a degree, if you ignore the overall plot and have it on in the background.

Full Review | Jan 9, 2017

The story never manages to convince us that Damian may be at times changing because of some residual sense of Mark, and it never defines the moment when Damian decides to become a decent human being.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Aug 31, 2016

Part debacle, part footnote, sure to remind viewers of the better films they could be watching if they weren't such lousy decision makers.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/5 | Apr 17, 2016

Favouring style-over-substance, there are no real or meaningful contributions to the sci-fi cause in Self/less which ends up being a forgettable affair.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 5, 2016

There is no spark, identity or glimmer of freshness in this film. Let's put it this way, it has no sense of "self."

Full Review | Mar 1, 2016