Joe Neumaier: Gripping documentary reveals how humanity is headed for the end. In: New York Daily News. 21. September 2015, abgerufen am 24. Januar 2024 (englisch): „If a documentary can be both alarming and oddly reassuring, it's the gripping splash of cold cinematic water Racing Extinction.“
Zack Sharf: Film Review. In: Variety. 28. März 2015, abgerufen am 1. Dezember 2022 (englisch): „Though extremely well produced and loaded with even more covert save-the-world stunts, the film doesn’t engage in quite the same way [as its predecessor The Cove.] […] These are all exciting operations[, but] pared down to a few minutes apiece and surrounded by so much other information […] there’s a risk of overload.“