Wahlberg's Chameleon Act Falls Short in a Turbulent Civil Rights Thriller
Vulture’s Alison Willmore argues that By Any Means is a flawed, conflicted Civil Rights-era drama: Mark Wahlberg’s prosthetic-heavy performance as Gregory Scarpa never truly disappears, while the film wobbles between credulous depictions of federal violence and cynical justifications of police brutality, leaving Yahya Abdul-Mateen II undercooked and the overall ambition mired in a messy, unfocused narrative.