this is a well-crafted, exciting movie, sometimes more impressive for maintaining those qualities in the face of an utterly unsurprising story; Seeing Chadwick Boseman in an efficient, workaday crime thriller carries an unusual and pleasing novelty
there's nothing new or engrossing about this uninspiring cops and robbers thriller; It's the sort of film you've seen a thousand times before, and done with much more style and pizazz
a tense, splattery cat-and-mouse in the hardbitten tradition of uncountable cops-and-robbers thrillers before it. Director Brian Kirk, films a lot of the brutal action well, even if he's overly fond of an overhead drone shot
a refreshing break from VFX-laden spectaculars and a throwback to the pulpy cop thrillers of yesteryear, if not quite strong enough to ensure that Chadwick Boseman's righteous cop gets his own franchise
"21 Bridges" wedges in a thrilling concept to an occasionally tense but largely predictable cop drama; Chadwick Boseman and Sienna Miller make a solid team and creative plotting keep things moving right along