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=== Critical response === |
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{{Rotten Tomatoes prose|53|5.3|45|Beautiful scenery and a solid star turn from Anthony Mackie raise ''Elevation'' up to an extent, but this sci-fi thriller is too derivative to reach the peak of its potential.}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/elevation|title=''Elevation'' |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media]] |access-date=December 31, 2024}}</ref> {{Metacritic film prose|49|eight}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/elevation/|title=''Elevation'' |website=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[Fandom, Inc.]] |access-date=November 12, 2024}}</ref> |
{{Rotten Tomatoes prose|55||55|Beautiful scenery and a solid star turn from Anthony Mackie raise ''Elevation'' up to an extent, but this sci-fi thriller is too derivative to reach the peak of its potential.}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/elevation|title=''Elevation'' |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media]] |access-date=July 4, 2025}}</ref> {{Metacritic film prose|50|nine}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/elevation/|title=''Elevation'' |website=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[Fandom, Inc.]] |access-date=July 4, 2025}}</ref> |
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Zachary Lee of ''[[RogerEbert.com]]'' gave the film two and a half out of four stars and wrote, "So, while ''Elevation'' may never rise above its genre trappings or escape the shadow of its influences, it never stoops so low as to be mindlessly vapid. Simply executed at ninety minutes, it's escapism of the highest order, offering perils at a screen's distance of safety."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/elevation-anthony-mackie-film-review|title=Elevation|website=[[RogerEbert.com]]|first=Zachary|last=Lee|date=November 9, 2024|access-date=November 9, 2024}}</ref> |
Zachary Lee of ''[[RogerEbert.com]]'' gave the film two and a half out of four stars and wrote, "So, while ''Elevation'' may never rise above its genre trappings or escape the shadow of its influences, it never stoops so low as to be mindlessly vapid. Simply executed at ninety minutes, it's escapism of the highest order, offering perils at a screen's distance of safety."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/elevation-anthony-mackie-film-review|title=Elevation|website=[[RogerEbert.com]]|first=Zachary|last=Lee|date=November 9, 2024|access-date=November 9, 2024}}</ref> |
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