A talky, shaky disappointment. Riot starts out like the kind of genre actioner that you’ve been praying for: tough, well-cast actors, a gritty subject matter, and pros behind the camera who set-up the whole thing beautifully. However…when Riot should have kicked into high-gear, someone must have decided it should “mean” something …and that’s when the talking and the noodling and the brooding begins, and the fun just pisses away. Too bad. A rental for fans of Brown and Hackman, to make things complete, but for everyone else, Riot‘s entirely too quiet. — Paul Mavis