Film critic Roger Ebert gave the film four out of four stars and wrote, "The movie is an intelligent a thriller as you'll see this year.

It seems to have begun back in the 1970s when William McInvanney, an established literary novelist, turned out a couple of intelligent thrillers featuring a Glasgow cop called Laidlaw.

For Bob, it was an intelligent thriller with a patina of classiness because of The New Yorker.

A Criminal Defense is a compelling and strikingly intelligent thriller that crackles with legal and psychological authenticity.

Appealing as an intelligent thriller, the film also stands up for immigrants' rights.

And neither is the kind of jigsaw-puzzle craftsmanship with which both writers construct dependably intelligent thrillers.

Coming from the director of intelligent political thrillers such as "Z" and "State of Siege," it is more disappointing because its aspirations and our expectations are higher.

Both of Holt's novels are intelligent thrillers that address social issues.

(1982) found that "the buildup is slightly too long and too careful" but also said, "It's an intelligent, taut and well-directed thriller; it showcases Nigel Kneale's ideas well; it's scary and exciting.

And Richard Morgan, whose books include the intelligent and influential sci-fi thriller Altered Carbon, acted as lead writer on this spring's blockbusting shooter Crysis 2.