Critical Evaluation
For the most part, Moore's films have proved more popular with audiences than critics. By contrast, critic Armond White has described Moore as "a Peckinpahesque, neo-Eisenstein stylist whose grade-B material (Behind Enemy Lines, Flight of the Phoenix, The Omen) has kept him from receiving the acclaim he deserves". In his review of Max Payne, White had stated that Moore "explores genuine, contemporary anxiety his images are richer than his plots".
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