Synopsis
When notorious criminal Jacob Sternwood is forced to return to London, it gives detective Max Lewinsky one last chance to take down the man he's always been after.
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Cast
- James McAvoyMax Lewinsky
- Mark StrongJacob Sternwood
- David MorrisseyThomas Geiger
- Peter MullanRoy Edwards
- Daniel MaysNathan Bartnick
- Andrea RiseboroughSarah Hawks
- Daniel KaluuyaJuka Ogadowa
- Ruth SheenIris Warns
- Jason FlemyngHarvey Crown
- Elyes GabelRuan Sternwood
Recommendations
- 83
The Playlist
For most of the run-time, Welcome To The Punch is thrillingly cinematic, beautifully made, smarter and funnier than you'd expect, and a phenomenal showcase for Creevy and his team. - 80
Empire
A confident, ambitious and action-rich Brit thriller, albeit one whose characters and clarity suffer from the frantic intensity of its pacing. - 60
Total Film
There’s an emotional vacuum at its centre but Welcome To The Punch is an adrenalin shot to the heart of the Brit-crime genre. - 60
Variety
A proficient but personality-free policer that demands little of either its audience or its enviable best-of-British cast, this simplistic urban morality tale miscasts the appealing James McAvoy as one good cop whose dogged pursuit of Mark Strong’s alpha criminal only uncovers the rot within police ranks. - 60
The New York Times
There are good movies and plenty more bad ones and many, many more that fall somewhere in between. And then there are enjoyable absurdities like Welcome to the Punch, which contain evaluative multitudes and which, scene by scene, register as not bad, pretty good and flat-out ridiculous. - 50
Observer
Empty, pointless and stupid, the barrage of gunfire called Welcome to the Punch is another unappealing entry in the overworked British gangster genre. - 40
The Guardian
It runs out of steam, with plot revelations visible from a mile away and a bit of a plausibility gap. - 40
Time Out
Favoring style over substance isn’t a mortal sin, but Creevy isn’t as enthrallingly slick as compatriot Guy Ritchie, nor does he have anything like the "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" auteur’s feel for Britain’s criminal class.
