"Johnson creates a magnetic antihero, volatile and antisocial (...) And this passion project serves the character well, setting him up for adventures one hopes will be less predictable than this one" 

"The surprisingly serious-minded project deprives Johnson of his greatest superpower — his sense of humor — while giving the now-straight-faced star a chance to play a character with some interesting contradictions" 

"Not even the pleasure of watching Johnson enter into a blockbuster template he seemed destined to dominate can make up for how generic, flavorless and incoherent this is" 

"Collet-Serra knows how to present this darkness and antihero in a way that’s effective, while also fleshing out one of the most promising additions to DC’s ever-expanding cadre of characters" 

"[It] proceeds with predictable action sequences, tiresome fight scenes and the now-requisite sacrifice of a major character. But it’s that seasoning of radical politics (...) that gives it a bit of spice" 

"The Rock can’t save another terrible DC movie (...) Rating: ★ (out of 4)" 

"A joyless, glacially paced compendium of interchangeable scenes of people floating around in their goofy masks and capes, tossing clichéd dialogue and CG lightning bolts, and punching each other into buildings"