Metacritic reviews

Unlike, say, "Eagle Eye," Echelon Conspiracy doesn't put enough conviction behind its stupidity. It's mostly just bland.

Echelon Conspiracy is a more evocative title than a movie this stupid deserves.

All Echelon can offer is some wobbly action and views of Red Square.

There's nothing in Echelon Conspiracy as suspenseful or entertaining as your average episode of "24."

Given the passivity of computer use, the "hacker thriller" is film history's great running joke, but special attention should go to Echelon Conspiracy's authors for conceiving a climax that tries to juice tension out of someone using a search engine and staring at a download countdown.