Criminal (2016)
The mission is in the memories.
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Criminal rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb6.3/10· 75K votes
Rotten Tomatoes30%
Metacritic36%
TMDb6.209/10· 2K votesWith 30% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.3/10 on IMDb and 36/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been modest.
About Criminal
CIA Agent Bill Pope is on a mission to track down a shadowy hacker named 'The Dutchman'. When he gets mysteriously killed, an experimental procedure transfers his memories into a dangerous ex-convict. When he wakes up Pope's memories, his mission is to eliminate The Dutchman before the hacker launches ICBMs and starts World War III.
Cast of Criminal
Kevin Costner
as Jerico Stewart
Gary Oldman
as Quaker Wells
Tommy Lee Jones
as Dr. Franks
Gal Gadot
as Jill Pope
Alice Eve
as Marta Lynch
Ryan Reynolds
as Bill Pope
Michael Pitt
as Jan Strook - The Dutchman
Jordi Mollà
as Xavier Heimdahl
Antje Traue
as Elsa Mueller
Scott Adkins
as Pete Greensleeves
Amaury Nolasco
as Esteban Ruiza
Danny Webb
as Lewis Deane
Criminal facts
- Budget
- $31.5M
- Box office
- $14.7M
Ranked by the iRankMovies editorial teamUpdated August 2026MethodologyData sources
Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Intense action sequences with visceral brutality
- •Compelling cat-and-mouse espionage narrative structure
- •Dark atmosphere enhances thriller tension throughout
What the audience disliked
- •Pacing falters in exposition-heavy middle sections
- •Character development takes backseat to action setpieces
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