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20 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyThe script by Roth, Lopez, and Lopez’s frequent collaborator, Guillermo Amoedo, giddily piles crisis upon crisis, with none of the customary mercy reserved for leading characters.
- 58The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayRight up until the quake, Aftershock is a bland, sub-"Hangover" comedy about guys on the make in South America. Then finally, blessedly, the ground swallows up these shallow idiots.
- A movie that tends to stick to formula, offering up minimal scares amid scattered moments of gross-out bliss.
- 50McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreMcClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreAftershock then becomes a catalog of most every unpleasant way of dying you can imagine.
- 45Film.comWilliam GossFilm.comWilliam GossAt first, it’s all fun and games whenever somebody gets hurt, but that’s not enough in and of itself to sustain the movie’s tension. We’re left waiting for characters to die off without much of a vested interest in anyone’s survival.
- 40Time OutKeith UhlichTime OutKeith UhlichPeople become mere punch lines: fleshy avatars for the gory grist.
- 40Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzArizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzThe ending is sick enough to make it almost worth the wait. Key word: almost.
- 38Slant MagazineSlant MagazineThere's plenty of gore, but none of it is particularly inventive, nor does it engender any visceral or emotional reactions beyond jaded disgust.
- 25ObserverRex ReedObserverRex ReedThe actual Chilean earthquake killed 300 people and turned thousands more homeless, but this movie distills everything for comic effect. Everyone gets robbed, raped, impaled, mutilated, decapitated or burned alive. But that’s not all. Crawling through the blood-drenched debris, here comes the tsunami!