What Critics Are Saying About IMAX’s Latest Blockbuster

Metallica Through the Never premiered at IMAX XX Century last week. The film will continue showing throughout this week.

Below, check out comments by critics from all over the world and what they had to say about the film, which has a 78% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

“It’s one of the most unexpectedly enjoyable cinematic experiences of the year, even if you couldn’t pick a Metallica track out of some hypothetical never-ending playlist.” — Drew Taylor (Playlist)

“Luckily — for its visuals alone — “Through the Never” has enough grit and power to deserve two fists up.” — Jim Farber (NY Daily News)

“It’s surely the most earth-shattering, and that’s enough to make it one helluva comeback story.” — Eric Kohn (indieWIRE)

“If you’re looking for an orgasmic trip to heavy-metal heaven, this is it.” — Peter Travers (Rolling Stone)

“This is a movie made for people who mash themselves up against those steel crowd-control barriers at concerts and still don’t think they’re close enough.” — Peter Rugg (Village Voice)

“However mindless and heartless it may be, Through the Never succeeds as pure sense-swamping spectacle. It is a blow-out banquet for Metallica fans, and a blockbuster rock-and-rollercoaster ride for any heavy metal tourists curious to see this music played at major-league level.” — Stephen Dalton (The Hollywood Reporter Reporter)

“This stereoscopic IMAX vanity project presents the titular rockers not as men, but as living legends, playing the hits at a gigantic venue, for thousands of bellowing diehard fans. In place of introspection, there is only lionizing spectacle; if Monster laid bare the wounded egos of metal’s biggest stars, Never simply re-inflates them.” — A.A. Dowd (AV Club)

Metallica Through the Never shows at IMAX throughout the day and week. Consult showtime schedule for details. Tickets for adults are Kshs. 800 and Kshs. 500 for students and kids.